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A Hong Kong man was reportedly killed in a road accident on Saturday night while travelling in southern Iceland.
The victim was said to be a tourist in his 40s and part of a group of 10 friends travelling in two rental cars heading to Solheimasandur beach, when the incident happened at about 11pm.
A government source close to the matter said the man was hit by another vehicle when his group stopped their cars by the road and got out.
“He was standing with his friends on the road, when a big vehicle driven by another foreigner hit the man,” the source said.
The source added the man was seriously injured and was certified dead shortly after he was rushed to the hospital. The rest of the group were unhurt.
It was not known why the group had pulled over on the road.
Hong Kong’s Immigration Department was reportedly in touch with the victim’s families and the Chinese embassy in Iceland.
The Solheimasandur beach is famous for a plane wreckage that has become a tourist spot. A United States Navy plane was forced to crash-land on the black sandy beach in November 1973. All crew survived the landing, but the plane was abandoned and still stands at the crash site as an eerie attraction.
The latest incident is the second in two weeks involving the death of a Hongkonger in a road accident abroad.
On September 10, a Hong Kong man died in a crash on the Thai resort island of Ko Samui.
He was riding a motorbike with his girlfriend near Lamai Viewpoint. His girlfriend reportedly suffered serious head injuries.
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST)
