road-rage

Teen bashed into life-threatening condition after bumping into Maserati

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Violent Crimes 
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An 18-year-old man remains in a coma after being beaten almost to death by three men following a minor traffic accident in Taichung City three days ago. According to reports, on November 7, a first-year university student, named Song, driving a white Volkswagen with 4 passengers on their way home after a church meeting, sideswiped a Maserati sports car while changing lanes on Taiwan Avenue in Xitun District at around 12:40 am. After pulling over, three men alighted from the

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Road Rage: Driver arrested for pointing BB gun at smartphone-using pedestrian’s head

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Society 
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A man was arrested in Taoyuan City, yesterday, a week after he allegedly used a gun to threaten a woman who was blocking his way as he drove down a narrow street. According to Apple Daily, the 26-year-old man, named Wang, was driving down the single-lane Chaoyang Street on Wednesday, October 13, when his way was blocked by a woman who was walking slowly, and gazing at her mobile phone. Wang honked his horn and yelled out his window to

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Two Drivers Suspected of Deliberately Ramming Motorcycle Riders in Kaohsiung City

Traffic Accidents 
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Two separate accidents in Kaohsiung City this week are suspected to have involved car drivers deliberately ramming heavy motorcycles, leaving one man dead. Late night, October 1, a 25 year-old man named Hong was riding a heavy motorcycle on Jiuru 4th Road in Gushan District when he was chased by a man driving a white Mazda sedan. The car driver overtook the motorcycle on the right, sounded his horn, then swerved left and sideswiped the motorcycle, causing the rider to

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Marine Shot Dead in Suspected Gangster Road Rage Incident

smashed up car of murdered marine
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A man in Pingtung County was shot dead by gangsters who stopped his car during what police suspect was a traffic dispute in the early hours of this morning. The 23 year-old soldier named Ho, was returning for duty at a base in Kaohsiung City after taking a day’s leave. After filling up at a gas station on Yanping Road, Chaozhou township at around 3:00am, Ho pulled out onto the road and a car blocked his vehicle from the front.

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Louts Smash Up Family Car and Beat Up Dad After Car Accident

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A gang of youths chased down a van carrying a man, his pregnant wife, a one year-old infant, and two male passengers, and smashed it up last night. All 5 occupants of the van were sent to hospital for treatment after the incident. At around 11:00pm a Mazda sedan carrying a group of young people and traveling at high speed lost control and smashed into the guardrail on National Highway 3 between Nantou and Taichung. A Mercedes Benz then rear-ended

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Three Injured in Road Rage Stabbing

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Two men and one woman were sent to hospital for treatment after one of the men went berserk with a knife during a road rage incident in Taipei City’s Xinyi District this morning, June 13. The driver of an Infiniti, 61 year-old Mr Ren, entered Zhongpo Road from a side-street, forcing 45 year-old Mr Zhou, who was driving a Mercedes Benz, to change lanes to avoid a collision. The two drivers stopped next to each other at a red light

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Road Rage: Young Man Beats up 60 year-old

an old man is beaten up by a younger man in a road rage incident in Taipei City
Violent Crimes 
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A 60 year-old man was beaten up by a younger man after he stopped his scooter at a red light, blocking the path of a couple on a scooter behind him, on Yanping Road, Taipei City yesterday, Tuesday, May 9. The younger man, who was not named in Chinese language reports, took a knife out of his scooter’s helmet compartment and threatened the older man, named Zhai (翟) before beating Zhai with his motorcycle helmet. Mr Zhai suffered a black

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Road Rage Murderer Sentenced to 11 Year Prison Term

criminal investigators at the scene of a road rage murder in Changhua County Taiwan August 2016
Traffic Accidents Violent Crimes 
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[Picture: United Daily News] The driver of a car who chased a motorcyclist for 2 kilometers before running him off the road and killing him, was sentenced to serve 11 years in prison today, Thursday, January 5, 2017. At around 7:00am August 17, 2016, 40 year-old Wu Gou-xiang reversed his car, obstructing 43 year-old motorcyclist, Mr Huang. Mr Huang cursed the driver using the Taiwanese swear word “gan,” which is equated with the English word “f*&k.” Mr Wu flew into

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Man Charged with Homicide After Road Rage Murder

Traffic Accidents Violent Crimes 
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The driver of a car who had claimed he hit a motorcycle by accident was charged with murder today after police found he had aggressively chased the motorcyclist for two kilometers before hitting the motorcycle from behind. The driver of the car, surnamed Wu, 39 years-old, called 119 after the motorcycle he hit went down and the rider smashed into a concrete utility pole. The motorcyclist, surnamed Huang, 42 years-old, died of internal injuries at the scene. Police became suspicious

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