8-month-old Hong Kong baby flung from car during accident in critical condition, police arrest father on suspicion of dangerous driving

An eight-month-old boy remained in critical condition on Monday after he was flung from a car, along with a domestic helper, during a collision with a kerb in Hong Kong a day earlier, prompting police to arrest his father on suspicion of dangerous driving.

Police said they received a report on Sunday afternoon that a vehicle had slammed into a kerb while it was travelling along Tolo Highway towards Sheung Shui.

The father, 52, was driving the car and travelling with the child’s mother, a domestic helper and another woman.

“The domestic helper sitting in the back seat was holding the baby,” a police spokesman said. “They were thrown out of the car during the accident as the vehicle door was opened.”

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The father reported feeling chest pain after the crash and the woman suffered neck discomfort. Both were sent to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po.