Garage owner dies after being trapped beneath car in Tseung Kwan O

A jack was suspected of slipping as he worked on his own vehicle, according to accounts from the scene.

By newsdesk · 11 November 2026, 18:28 HKT

A 72-year-old garage owner died after being trapped beneath a private car he was apparently repairing in TKO Upper Village, in Tseung Kwan O, on 11 November.

Rescuers freed him unconscious and took him to Tseung Kwan O Hospital for emergency treatment. He died after 5 p.m.

On-scene accounts said he was believed to have been working on the car’s rear shock absorber when a jack slipped and the vehicle fell on him. The garage had stopped taking customers, and the owner used it to work on his own vehicles.