Driver in fatal bus crash charged, released on bail: suspected of speeding

December 1, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus crash, Nantou County

The driver of a tour bus that crashed yesterday, leaving one dead, and 20 injured, was charged with professional negligence causing death, and professional negligence causing injury, and released on bail with a surety of NT$50,000 today, December 1. See previous article: One dead, 20 injured after bus crash on mountain road Investigators say that a preliminary investigation points to speed as being the likely cause of the crash. Liberty Times reported that the evidence gathered so far contradicts the

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November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus crash, Nantou County

One man died, and twenty people were injured, after a bus crashed on a downhill section of road in a mountain district of Nantou County today, November 30. The 23 seater bus was carrying tourists from Kaohsiung City when it crashed near Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area in Ren’ai Township at around 12:30 pm. According to the 51-year-old driver, named Lin, the brakes on the bus failed, and as it gathered speed on the windy downhill section, Lin attempted to

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October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus crash, Keelung City

Fourteen people were injured, none seriously, after suspected brake failure led to a bus crash in Keelung City this evening, October 27. Bus driver, Mr Wu, said that the brakes failed as he approached the three-way intersection of Zhongzheng Road, Xiangfeng Street, and Fengren Street, at 5:45 pm. The route 103 bus traveling between Badouzi and Keelung City downtown crashed into 10 scooter riders, knocked down road signs, hit a utility pole, then crashed into a light truck, leaving a

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October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, gravel-truck

A light truck crashed into the back of a gravel truck on National Freeway 3 today, and was dragged for around one kilometer. The small truck, driven by a 58-year-old man named Liu smashed into the back of the semi-trailer at the 45 kilometer southbound mark. The driver of the gravel-truck, Mr Hsiao, did not feel the impact, and continued to drive along the freeway oblivious to the fact that he had a hitchhiker attached to the back of his

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September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua City, explosion, truck-accident

A hydrogen tanker crashed on an elevated section of National Freeway 3 in Changhua City, killing the driver, and causing a massive explosion after the tank unit plunged more than 20 meters onto a road below. At around 12:20 am, the southbound tanker crashed into the guardrail on a ring ramp leading to Freeway 1 at the Changhua System interchange. The impact of the crash caused the tank unit to separate from the chassis of the vehicle. The tank unit

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September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus accident, Neihu District, Taipei City

One man died, and an on-duty police officer was injured after a bus driver dozed off and crashed onto a sidewalk in Neihu District, Taipei City, this evening, September 21. The Sanchung Bus Company operated Blue 26 bus suddenly mounted the sidewalk on Neihu Road at around 8:00 pm, skidding to a stop after around 50 meters. The bus knocked down a 54-year-old man who lost vital signs at the scene of the accident, and was later pronounced dead at

SUV crushed in collision with gravel truck

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September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment expressway, gravel-truck, New Taipei City

A family of three were taken to hospital with only “minor physical contusions” after a driver lost control of his gravel truck in wet road conditions and crashed into their SUV in New Taipei City today, Sunday, September 20. A 44-year-old man named Chen, his 39-year-old wife, and their 13-year-old son were left trapped in the severely deformed vehicle after the skidding gravel truck, driven by a 52-year-old man named Lee, slammed into them on Provincial Highway 64 at around

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September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hit and run, Kaohsiung City

A man in Kaohsiung City hit two motorcycle riders in succession, and kept driving until he rear-ended a taxi, killing two people last night, Monday, September 8. Mr Shen, 43, driving a black sedan on Yanhai 1st Road in Xiaogang District, first hit a heavy motorcycle ridden by a 41-year-old man named Liao. Shen didn’t stop at the scene of the accident. Around one minute later, Shen hit a scooter ridden by a man named Chen at the intersection of

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September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment little-blue-truck, Pingtung County, scooter-accident

A Spanish woman who entered Taiwan on a tourist visa died after a truck driving on the wrong side of the road hit her scooter in Pingtung County last night, September 4. The 26-year-old woman, who is not named in media reports, was on her way back to a homestay in Manzhou Township when a light truck crossed the double-yellow lines and smashed head-on into her scooter the Fenshuiling section of County Road 200 in Changle Village shortly after 8:30

firefighters work to extract a driver out of the mangled wreck of a truck in Kaohsiung City

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August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment concrete mixer truck, Kao, truck-accident

The driver of a concrete mixer truck died after his vehicle plunged around 20 meters off an elevated expressway in Kaohsiung City today, August 16. The truck had just left National Freeway One and was rounding a curve on an elevated exit ramp when it hit the guardrail and toppled over shortly before 11:00 am. The truck landed on the sidewalk on Yugang Road. Fortunately no vehicles or pedestrians were passing by at the time. Kaohsiung City Fire Bureau dispatched

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August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua County, gravel-truck

The driver of a gravel truck walked away uninjured after a wheel came off a truck traveling in the opposite direction and smashed into his windscreen in Changhua County yesterday, August 10. Mr Jian was traveling in the northbound lanes of the West Coast Expressway at around 11:00 am when a left, rear wheel from a semi-trailer traveling southbound came off the trailer, bounced over the center guardrail, and landed on the passenger side of the gravel truck’s cabin. Fortunately,

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Driver in fatal bus crash charged, released on bail: suspected of speeding

One dead, 20 injured after bus crashes on mountain road

14 people injured in Keelung City bus crash

Small truck gets stuck in big truck and hitches a ride on freeway

Hydrogen tanker crashes and explodes on freeway in Changhua City

One dead, one injured after bus mounts sidewalk in Taipei City

Gravel truck crash flattens car: family survive with minor injuries

Man involved in two hit-and-runs before smashing into taxi, killing driver and passenger

Spanish tourist dies after scooter hit by truck in Pingtung County

Concrete mixer truck plunges 20 meters off elevated expressway

Truck driver unscathed after flying wheel destroys cabin