A Comet tank collided with a KCR train 1955

Comet Tank No.45476 collided with a KCR train

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1955

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On November 12, 1955, a bizarre traffic accident occurred in Kau Lung Hang (九龍坑), near a village in Tai Po District, Hong Kong - 12th November, 1955.

Comet Tank No.45476 collided with a KCR passenger train passing through the railway-highway intersection at the same location when a British Comet tank, also arrived at the intersection, resulting in four deaths and twenty injuries.

source: press