(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) A total of 124 people were injured when a high-speed ferry traveling from Macao to Hong Kong hit an unknown object in the water near Lantau Island on Sunday night, according to local media.
Xinhua said that the vessel lost power after the crash which happened shortly before 7 p.m. local time on Sunday.
The ferry, carrying 163 passengers and 11 crew members, was towed to the Government Pier in Central, Hong Kong's financial center, after the accident.
Passengers described chaotic scenes as people stumbled around in the dark, some bleeding and others with injuries on their faces, arms and legs.
The Hong Kong government said staff from the Marine and Fire Services Departments, the Marine Police, the Government Flying Service and the shipping company were involved to provide assistance.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung and Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man visited some of the injured at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.
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