Three people were killed and 27 others injured when a bus mounted a pavement here on Friday evening, the South China Morning Post reported.

The police said the accident occurred at around 6.30pm at the junction of Yen Chow Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po district. When a taxi in front braked, the double-decker bus hit the rear of the taxi, then swerved left and mounted the pavement, smashing through railings and hitting a building's canopy.