Major road closures as injured Andy Lau arrives at Hong Kong hospital
Veteran Hong Kong actor Andy Lau arrived at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital in an ambulance on Thursday morning (19 Jan), a day after he suffered a pelvic spine injury after falling from a horse in Thailand.
According to China’s Sing Tao Daily, Lau, 55, arrived at the hospital at 1am and was spotted having scars on his forehead. He also appeared dazed while lying stiff on the stretcher and had a face mask and a black cap on, while his body was covered with a blue blanket.
The heavenly king was in Thailand to film a commercial for a drink brand when he fell off a horse and had his lower spine trampled on.
Lau was flown back to Hong Kong via a medical plane to receive further diagnosis and treatment. The plane landed on a private tarmac at Chek Lap Kok International Airport at midnight.
Road closures were set up between the airport and the hospital from as early as 8.30pm, in anticipation of Lau’s arrival, the report said.
More than a hundred journalists were at the hospital when the ambulance arrived. The hospital staff had to ask journalists to give space for the ambulance to move before they could pull the stretcher with Andy Lau on it out of the vehicle and push him into the hospital.
According to media reports, Lau was in a rural part of Thailand to film an advertisment for a drink brand when the horse he was riding went out of control and he was thrown to the ground.
Apple Daily reported that the horse then stepped on the actor’s waist, fracturing his spine. Filming has also been suspended.
Lau, one of Hong Kong’s most successful actors, was most recently seen in Zhang Yimou’s “The Great Wall”, together with Asian stars like Eddie Peng and Hollywood veterans William Defoe and Matt Damon.
