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A 70-year-old taxi driver was arrested on 2026-05-14 after a crash killed a pedestrian in Ngau Tau Kok, following a separate truck-bus collision in Sau Mau Ping that injured 10 people near a shopping centre. The recent Hong Kong crashes, alongside deadly bus and lorry accidents in Dubai, Queensland and Moscow, have drawn attention to road safety and driver oversight in busy urban areas. Police in each city are probing causes such as driver behaviour, vehicle condition and traffic conditions to decide on possible charges or safety changes.