drug-driving

Suspected drug driver flees hospital after crashing into bus

flipped car and damaged bus
Traffic Accidents 
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A driver in Keelung City crashed into a bus this morning, but when police went to the hospital to question him, the man had fled. At around 9:30am, the driver of a silver sedan lost control of his vehicle at high speed on Peide Road, crashed into a traffic island, flipping his car, and crashed into a bus travelling in the opposite lane. The driver, a 26-year-old man named Yu, suffered injuries to his face and was taken to hospital

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4 Year-old Dead after Drug Driver hits Scooter

Drugs 
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A four year-old girl was killed instantly in Tainan City yesterday after a driver high on ketamine slammed into a scooter, running over the girl, and dragging her mother for 10 meters. At around 6:00pm, August 2, a driver named Guo, 25, approached an intersection on Wencheng Road without slowing down, and hit a scooter ridden by a woman named Su, 42. Su’s four year-old daughter flew off the scooter and was run over by the SUV. The girl’s helmet

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Driver Charged after Driving under the influence of Laughing Gas

a bottle of nitrous oxide
Traffic Accidents 
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A woman in Taoyuan City yesterday was charged with the crime of public endangerment, after being found to have been driving under the influence of laughing gas when she crashed into another vehicle on Shoushan Road. Ms Liu, 23, rear-ended a car stopped at a red light at around 12:00 pm Sunday. When the driver of the other vehicle got out of his car to talk to Liu, he found her sitting in her car vigorously sucking on a balloon,

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Mother Leaves Baby at Scene of Accident: Seeks Medical Attention for Herself

car involved in car accident
Traffic Accidents 
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Emergency workers called to the scene of a single-vehicle car accident in Kaohsiung City this morning were shocked to find a 2 month-old baby in a baby carrier/safety seat on the sidewalk, and no sign of the mother or other occupants of the vehicle. The baby was conscious and had no visible trauma, however, at the after an examination at the hospital, it was found that the infant had suffered an intracranial hemorrhage. The baby was later reported to be

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Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction. Police: No Crime Committed

car with bare rim
Traffic Accidents 
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A man in Taichung City crashed into a total of six cars during a trip to buy a midnight snack this morning. Mr Chen, 64 first crashed into 3 parked cars in Guotai Street in the city’s northern district. Chen’s front right tire was ripped off the rim in the accident, but Chen continued driving for 5 kilometers with sparks flying off the bare rim, leaving visible marks on the road. In Taiping District, Chen hit another 3 parked cars.

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