Boulder Falls on Bus: One Passenger Killed
![A boulder in a tourist coach after a rockslide in Taiwan](https://i0.wp.com/taiwanenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rock-bus.jpeg?resize=749%2C445&ssl=1)
A woman was killed and three passengers injured when a boulder plunged through the roof of a tourist coach traveling on the National Cross Island Highway this afternoon.
The bus was carrying 35 passengers who departed Taipei at 7:00am on a day trip to Hualian. The accident happened at 1:40pm. The deceased and one injured passenger were rushed to Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualian. The two other injured passengers declined further medical treatment after being treated at the scene.
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