Before heading to the Japanese Consulate that day, Lau Bo-keung had encountered an incident of dangerous driving.
A container truck had been speeding through a busy urban area, not merely breaking traffic rules but outright disregarding the lives of nearby pedestrians and drivers.
As a police officer, Lau Bo-keung could hardly stand by in the face of such an incident.
Yet no matter how he pursued it or tried to intercept it, the container truck showed no sign of slowing down or stopping.
Only when a group of children began crossing the road ahead did Lau Bo-keung, left with no other choice, risk his life and force his way onto the truck.
Ultimately, working together with his girlfriend, he had used the new car he had bought just a few months earlier after his promotion and pay raise to force the container truck to a halt.
The children crossing the road had escaped unharmed, and neither Lau Bo-keung nor his girlfriend had suffered any serious injuries.
Only the truck driver, who had been unconscious in the cab, had perished in the fire that broke out after the two vehicles collided.
The fire brigade and Traffic Police had responded quickly, arriving at the scene one after the other within ten minutes.
Since there had been no hazardous chemicals on the container truck, the fire had not spread any further.
Even so, the truck driver had already been burned beyond recognition.
The driver had already been unconscious when Lau Bo-keung forced his way onto the truck.
With the situation so critical, Lau Bo-keung had had no chance to get him out.
Since there had been no chemical raw materials inside the container truck, the Traffic Police senior inspector responding to the incident had intended to classify the case as an ordinary traffic