On the major expressways in Hong Kong, there are rumors that it is ghosts that are causing some of the many car accidents that have happened over the course of the years on the Tuen Mun Road.
Today Hong Kong is known for being a major urban area with concrete as far as the eye goes, that is including the highways. Tuen Mun Road was one of the first major expressways in Hong Kong that opened in 1978 that proved to be a great challenge for the engineers building it at the time because of the winding coastline and steep terrain along the coast that also makes it more dangerous than a road in a straight line.
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The Tuen Mun Road connects two villages in greater Hong Kong called Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan and is a notoriously congested highway. The almost 20 km long road is described as a ‘Zombie’ Road due to its habit of causing dangerous accidents as well as having a haunted reputation.
Dangerous Highway with many Accidents
As mentioned, the Tuen Mun Road is known for its heavy traffic jams and frequent road accidents that sometimes end in tragedy. Over the almost 40 years there have been hundreds of accidents and several deaths because of it. One of the most talked about being the bus accident in 2003 that killed 21 people.
But what is it that makes this particular road more dangerous than others? The road accident on Tuen Mun Road is said to be because of the steep terrain with slopes and sharp turns, but is that all there is to it?
There are alternative explanations that are based on local legends and are grounded in the supernatural .
Tuen Mun Road Haunted by Ghosts of Former Drivers
The Tuen Mun Road has been called the zombie road and is known for being a haunted road of the victims from the road accidents. Some even claim that the ghosts are some of the reasons why these accidents, or rather, collisions, happen.
Legend has it that people have been driving and suddenly see something that looks like a human, or at least the specter of it and they have tried to avoid it by steering away. However, the thing in the middle of the road was nothing but a ghost and when swerving in the road they hit the sides of the road or other cars, causing more accidents and in the worst cases, more deaths.
There are even those that claim that the ghosts that roam along the haunted road have taken control over the vehicle and caused the accidents on purpose.
Because of this, rumors about ghosts haunting the road started and today the road is known as one of the most haunted roads in the world.
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Tuen Mun Road in China is haunted by ghosts