HONG KONG -- A bus crashed into an engineering vehicle on Tsing Kwai Highway in Hong Kong on Monday afternoon, leaving 24 people slightly wounded, including 23 bus passengers.

The bus driver was trapped temporarily and later rescued, local news outlets reported.

The involved bus sustained severe front-end damage. Multiple fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene for emergency handling.

The Transport Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said several lanes heading for the airport near Princess Margaret Hospital have been closed due to the crash.