Isolated hypopharyngeal perforation as a result of blunt trauma to the neck is rare. The clinical presentations are dysphagia, odynophagia, neck pain and subcutaneous emphysema. If the condition is misdiagnosed and treated inappropriately, airway obstruction and life-threatening infectious complications may occur. The principles of management are to create an adequate patents airway and to close the hypopharyngeal defect. We encountered a motorcyclist who struck a parked truck. Examination revealed posterior pharyngeal wall lacerations from the epiglottis level to the esophageal inlet. Apparent emphysema in the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces was also noted. The patient first underwent a temporary tracheostomy to secure the airway, followed by a lateral cervical approach with drainage and intraoral primary closure of the lacerated wound. The post-operative conditions of respiration, swallowing and phonation were uneventful.