One firefighter dead, 4 injured after collision in Kaohsiung City

firefighters rescue colleagues after traffic accident in Kaohsiung City

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firefighters, Kaohsiung City, truck-accident

A Kaohsiung City firefighter lost signs of life at the scene of an accident, and four others were injured, after a fire truck dispatched to the scene of a fire collided with a semi-trailer, last night, February 13. Five firefighters were aboard the fire truck, dispatched from the Fengxiang Fire Station to Dingpu Street in Fengshan District at around 10:00 pm when the accident occurred. Dash-cam footage provided by a witness to local media agencies showed the firetruck, with sirens

Traffic Accidents

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment highway-14, Mount Hehuan, Nantou County

Firefighters pulled two men out of a wrecked truck, after it left the road and plunged 50 meters down a mountainside in Nantou County yesterday, while other rescue personnel searched for a 6-year-old girl who had fallen out of the vehicle. Witnesses called emergency services after seeing a loaded truck speeding downhill, then crashing through a guardrail on a bend at the 2 kilometer mark of the Hehuan Mountain section of Highway 14 at around 5:10 pm, Saturday, December 7.

injured driver of police car seen in wrecked vehicle

Traffic Accidents

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, National Freeway, police officers injured, Tainan City

Two police officers and a handcuffed suspect were sent to hospital after being pulled out of a police car that left the freeway and rolled over following a collision with another vehicle today, December 7. Officer Zhang (張), 34, suffered head lacerations and a broken jaw. A suspect named Zhu (朱), 21, had a suspected forearm fracture, and lacerations and bruises to both hands. Zhang and Zhu were taken to Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital for treatment. Officer Hong (洪), 31, was

view from elevated freeway where driver fell to his death after being thrown out of car

Traffic Accidents

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment freeway accident, National Freeway, New Taipei City, tesla

A man driving a Tesla fell to his death from an elevated section of Freeway one in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, after crashing into the center divider between the freeway and an off-ramp this afternoon, November 24. Two passengers in the car survived the crash, and were conscious but injured when firefighters pulled them out of the mangled wreck. The two survivors were sent to Neihu Tri-Services General Hospital for emergency treatment. The driver, a 23-year-old man named Hua

Traffic Accidents

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment level-crossing-accident, Taichung City, Taiwan Railway Administration, TRA

Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) issued a press release this morning, November 24, in which it apologized for an accident that occurred on a level crossing in Taichung City on Friday night, citing faulty equipment as a causal factor. At 9:35pm, November 22, a woman named Lin, 45, was driving her silver sedan across a level crossing between Xinwuri and Cheng-gong stations when a limited-express train slammed into the vehicle. While the car was almost completely destroyed, Ms Lin suffered no

truck crashed on elevated freeway in Kaohsiung City October 27

Traffic Accidents

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, Kaohsiung, little-blue-truck

A driver was found dead after flying out of his crashed vehicle, and falling from an elevated section of National Freeway 3, today, October 27. Emergency services received reports of a single-vehicle traffic accident at the 387.5 kilometer mark on Freeway 3 near Kaohsiung City at around 7:30am this morning. Officers from the Highway Police Bureau who arrived at the scene found an unoccupied small blue truck crashed against the outer guardrail. The officers spotted the driver in scrub-land around

Traffic Accidents

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment drunk driving, Taoyuan City

A 38-year-old man was killed instantly when he slammed into a truck at high speed in Taoyuan City yesterday, September 17. Mr Lee was driving his Maserati sports car on Nantun Road in Luzhu District shortly after 4:00am, when a logistics truck pulled out of a depot and executed a left turn across an intersection. Traffic monitor footage showed Lee slamming into the side of the truck at full-speed, without applying the brakes. The Maserati was lodged under the truck,

Traffic Accidents

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Taichung City

Three people suffered non life-threatening injuries after a truck crashed into the back of a bus, pushing it into another truck, in Taichung City, today, April 23. Fortunately, the bus was not carrying any passengers at the time. The electric bus was on Xiang-shang Road at the intersection of Baoning Road in Shalu District when a cargo truck crashed into the rear at around 9:30am. The impact of the crash caused the bus to then crash into the back of

aftermath of drunk driving accident in Chiayi County, Taiwan

Traffic Accidents

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Chiayi County, drunk-driver

Four people were injured after a the driver of a minivan hit vehicles head-on at high speed while traveling on the wrong side of the road in Chiayi County this morning, April 19. The van slammed into two scooters, and sideswiped a sedan, before hitting a school bus carrying 35 students to Sieh Chih Vocational High School at around 7:30am. The fire bureau received reports of an accident on Xing-gang Road in Lunyang Village, Liujiao Township, at 7:32am. The two

Traffic Accidents

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment high-speed crash, Taipei City

A driver was declared dead in hospital after being pulled out of the wreck of a car that flew as high as the second floor of nearby buildings before crashing into a wall in Taipei City, during peak commuter traffic, this morning, April 15. At around 9:00am, Mr Jiang (姜), 46, came off an exit ramp of the Jianguo Expressway onto Jianguo South Road at high speed, drifting right, and plowing into parked scooters before hitting the kerb, launching his

Lamborghini destroyed after accident in Taiwan

Traffic Accidents

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment lamborghini, Pingtung County, truck-accident

Two people were injured after the driver of a Lamborghini crossed over the double yellow center line on a highway in southern Taiwan, and crashed head-on into a fuel tanker. At around 8:00am this morning, March 31, the driver of a brand-new Lamborghini, recently imported into Taiwan, and still bearing temporary license plates, crossed the center line on a blind bend on Provincial Highway 9 in Pingtung County. The Lamborghini hit a China Petroleum Company (CPC) tanker head-on, causing the

Traffic Accidents

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