76 injured as catamaran strikes mooring pillar
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October 22, 2011, Saturday
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A HIGH-SPEED catamaran ferry slammed into a mooring pillar outside Hong Kong yesterday, injuring 76 people - including three elderly who remained in a critical condition.
The ferry was carrying 140 passengers when it struck the pillar near the island of Cheung Chau, as it departed for the heart of the city's business district.
The ferry company said 49 men and 27 women - aged between 19 and 82 - were injured in the accident.
Nine of the casualties had to be airlifted to hospital. Three elderly, from the same family, were in a serious condition.
Passengers shown on local television described scenes of confusion, with people thrown to the floor and ferry seats buckling from the impact. Hong Kong government said most of the injuries involved relatively minor bruises.
The city's marine department said it would pay special attention to the speed of the ferry at the time of the collision during the investigation.
The object into which the ferry crashed appears to be for securing vessels.
Most people were at sleep when the accident occurred, local media reported.
Hong Kong ferries makes hundreds of daily trips, linking the Chinese territory's main island with outlying areas.
The ferry was carrying 140 passengers when it struck the pillar near the island of Cheung Chau, as it departed for the heart of the city's business district.
The ferry company said 49 men and 27 women - aged between 19 and 82 - were injured in the accident.
Nine of the casualties had to be airlifted to hospital. Three elderly, from the same family, were in a serious condition.
Passengers shown on local television described scenes of confusion, with people thrown to the floor and ferry seats buckling from the impact. Hong Kong government said most of the injuries involved relatively minor bruises.
The city's marine department said it would pay special attention to the speed of the ferry at the time of the collision during the investigation.
The object into which the ferry crashed appears to be for securing vessels.
Most people were at sleep when the accident occurred, local media reported.
Hong Kong ferries makes hundreds of daily trips, linking the Chinese territory's main island with outlying areas.
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