Traffic Accidents

1 Dead, 1 Injured after Truck Slams Head-on into Bus

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The driver of a small truck was killed instantly, and a bus driver injured, after the truck hit a municipal bus head-on in Liugui District, Kaohsiung City, this morning. Fortunately, none of the passengers on the bus, which included students on their way to school, were seriously affected by the crash, according to reports in Liberty Times Network, and SETN. The bus driver, Mr Pan, 39, was unable to evade the oncoming truck as it hurtled toward him on the

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Passengers Take the Wheel after Coach Driver Passes Out while Hurtling down Freeway

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Passengers of a chartered bus traveling on Freeway 3 in Changhua County grabbed the wheel of a coach, and took control, after the driver passed out from a suspected heart attack this morning, December 18. At around 8:30am, the coach carrying a group of 40 family and friends heading to Nantou for a funeral, suddenly drifted left into the inner lane of the freeway after the driver passed out. The coach hit the central traffic divider, waking up a passenger

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Delivery Man Faces Big Bill after Crashing into Ferrari Group

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A 20-year-old driver fears that he will face a big compensation bill after dozing off and crashing into a group of four Ferrari sports cars in New Taipei City this morning. At around 5:00am, Mr Lin was driving a Mitsubishi SUV loaded with goods for delivery in Shiding District when he began to doze off and veered left, sideswiping a yellow Ferrari parked on the roadside. The yellow Ferrari, belonging to a man named Yang, was one of four parked

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Two Dead after Under-aged, Unlicensed Driver Loses Control of Vehicle

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A 17-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man died at the scene of an accident in Chiayi City this morning after a 17-year-old unlicensed driver lost control of his vehicle at high speed, and bowled over a scooter rider before slamming into a building. Three teenagers were traveling in the car after completing night classes and going out to eat. At around 12:45am, the driver of the car, named Zhuang, was obviously speeding in the 50 kilometer per hour speed limited

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Tesla on Autopilot Plows into Police Car while Driver Dozes

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Highway Patrol officers narrowly escaped death or injury when a car plowed into their parked patrol car despite 100 meters of traffic cones and flashing warning lights placed behind it. At around 10:00 pm, highway police attended the scene of an accident on Freeway 3 in Hsinchu County, and were directing traffic around the site when the driver of a white Tesla sedan slammed into one of two patrol cars. The patrol car was pushed forward by the impact and

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Two Highway Police Injured, one Critically, while attending Breakdown on Freeway

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Two Highway Police officers were injured, and one is in a life-threatening condition, after a car plowed into their vehicle at high speed on National Freeway one in Taoyuan City in the early hours of this morning, November 23. Three officers from the Yangmei Highway Police station were called out to a breakdown in the southbound lanes on the Hukou Road section of the freeway at around 1:00am. The officers stopped their patrol car behind the broken down vehicle with

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Firefighter Killed After Truck Cabin Flips Open

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A firefighter driving a firetruck back to the station after a mechanical inspection died this morning after the cabin flipped open, throwing him out of the vehicle. According to eyewitnesses, at around 9:10am, the truck approached an intersection on Dadu Road in Beitou District. When the driver applied the brakes to stop at the red light, the cabin flipped forward. The truck continued out of control for about 100 meters before crashing into a utility pole. The 45 year-old squad

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Unlicensed, Street-racing Driver Kills 3 Pedestrians in Taipei City

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Three people are dead after an unlicensed driver lost control of his vehicle while racing a friend, and plowed into a sidewalk arcade on busy Nanjing East Road this evening, October 11. At around 5:45pm, a 21 year-old man named Hsieh, driving a black sedan, raced against his friend named Huang, who was driving a white sedan, crossing the double-yellow center lines while dodging cars and scooters in the near peak hour traffic conditions. Both men were unlicensed. Hsieh lost

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Two Drivers Suspected of Deliberately Ramming Motorcycle Riders in Kaohsiung City

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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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10 Vehicle Freeway Pile-up: 1 Dead, 3 Injured

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One man died and eight people were injured after an accident involving 10 vehicles on National Freeway 3 in Miaoli County late this afternoon, September 25. According to reports in Apple Daily and United Daily News this evening, at around 5:25pm, a multi-vehicle crash occurred at the 137.3km mark in the northbound lanes involving 3 large trucks, a small truck, and six cars. One vehicle was crushed under a truck, trapping the occupants. A slightly injured five-month pregnant woman was

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Drunk Driver Kills 1, Injures 2 in Taipei City

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A drunk driver crashed into 3 women riding scooters in Taipei City this morning, killing one and injuring two, before hitting the sidewalk and demolishing a shopfront awning. At 5:35am, the 23 year-old driver of a black Toyota sedan side-swiped a scooter on Keelung Road, Section 3. The driver didn’t stop, but continued at high speed, hitting another two scooters. According to witnesses cited in Apple Daily, the driver then hit the brakes, but lost control of his vehicle and

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