Bus helper gets community service for careless driving killing driver

A Hong Kong court on Wednesday sentences a KMB shunter

to a community service order of 200 hours

after he hit a colleague at Kowloon Bay Depot who later died.

The court earlier convicted him of careless driving.

The sentencing is held at Wan Chai District Court.

The 43-year-old shunter was initially charged with

dangerous driving causing death,

but the offence was changed to careless driving after trials.

On September 7, 2023, the shunter was at the depot

to park returned buses before he hit a bus driver.

The convicted only noticed his colleague was on the ground

more than two hours after the incident.

The driver was pronounced dead at hospital.