A Hong Kong bus operator has said it will contact police after discovering a piece of foil lodged inside a seat belt buckle, leaving a passenger trapped for 45 minutes before he was freed by firefighters. A Fire Services Department spokesman said firefighters and paramedics were called to a 795X service bus near a sports ground on Cheung Sha Wan Road at around 11.20am after a 40-year-old man was unable to unfasten his seat belt while preparing to get off. AdvertisementThe passenger was said to have felt unwell owing to poor air circulation and was taken by ambulance to Caritas Medical Centre for treatment. He was rescued after being trapped for 45 minutes, as the driver was reportedly asked by his company not to cut the seat belt. AdvertisementCitybus said that after further inspection of the seat belt in question, it had found a piece of aluminium foil inside the buckle that had obstructed its normal operation.