Train derails during rush hour

Working overtime: An aerial picture showing rescue workers on a railway track near the derailed passenger train outside Hung Hom station in Kowloon. — AFP

Hong Kong: A passenger train derailed during the morning rush hour in Hong Kong leaving eight people injured, authorities said.

Images from the scene showed three carriages had left the tracks and were zigzagged across the rails near Hung Hom station in Kowloon – a busy interchange that provides services to mainland China.