Man’s leg Crushed after Bus Driver Leaves Door Open

firefighters treat a man who fell out of a bus

April 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Linkou District, New Taipei City

A man suffered open fractures to his left leg after falling out of a bus in Linkou District, New Taipei City, today, Saturday, April 14. Mr Lin, 22, boarded the 1120 bus bound for Sanchong District, on Renai Road in Linkou, at around 3:00pm this afternoon. Video monitor footage shows that while Lin was preparing to pay the fare, the bus driver hit the throttle without closing the door. Lin stumbled, and fell out of the bus. Firefighters called to

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April 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment expressway, Taichung

A driver hit a police patrol car before crashing into another car on an expressway in Taichung City last night, Friday, April 13. Police had originally been called to the scene of an accident when a man named Luo, who was found to have a breath alcohol level of 0.61mg/l, crashed into the outer traffic barrier. A police patrol car with flashing lights was parked behind the crashed vehicle, while a police officer positioned himself around 75 meters behind the

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April 11, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment National Freeway, New Taipei City, runaway-truck

New Taipei City: The driver of a semi-trailer carrying steel girders lost his brakes on a downhill section of Freeway 1, and ran his truck into the outer traffic barrier in order to slow down and stop his truck. The 42 year-old driver named Yang was traveling on the downhill section between Linkou and Taishan yesterday morning at around 10:00am, when his truck began speeding up. Yang attempted to brake but was unable to slow down the heavily loaded vehicle.

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April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hit and run, Taoyuan

A man was arrested in New Taipei City this afternoon, after an elderly woman was hit and killed by a car in Taoyuan City early this morning, April 10. Ms Zhao, 71, went out for her regular morning exercise at around 4:00am, but was hit by a car while crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Minshing and Hekou Roads, and was later declared dead in hospital. Police accessed traffic surveillance camera footage and identified a

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April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Tesla Motors

Liberty Times reported that the driver of a Tesla who died in a crash in California last week was Taiwanese. The crash is being widely reported in international media today, as it was revealed that the car was on autopilot at the time. Huang Wei, (Walter Huang), 38, who worked for Apple, was driving to work on March 23 when his car crashed into a traffic barrier on highway 101 in Mountain View. According to The Guardian, federal investigators are

sulfuric acid containers on a road in Taoyuan City

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March 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments chemical spill, Taoyuan

A chemical tanker spilled approximately 9 tonnes of sulfuric acid on a road in Taoyuan City this afternoon when 9 out of ten containers fell off as the truck was rounding a corner. The accident happened at the 24 kilometer mark on route 15. The Taoyuan City Fire Bureau dispatched 10 appliances and 26 firefighters to the scene of the accident. Police blocked the road to traffic while the North District Specialized Technical Team For Environmental Accidents was dispatched from

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March 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hit and run, Kaohsiung City

The driver of a car in Kaohsiung City fled on foot this morning, after drifting into oncoming traffic lanes and bowling over two scooters. Three people were injured in the accident, including a woman who is reported to be in the intensive care unit with crush injuries to her left leg. At around 7:30am this morning, a small, black coupe driven by a man named Yang slowly drifted into oncoming traffic on Pingdeng Road in Fengshan District. After hitting two

ambulance damaged in accident in Tainan City

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March 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance accident, drink-driving, drunk-driver, Tainan

An ambulance carrying a man suspected to have suffered a heart attack was hit by a car yesterday. The patient was transferred to another ambulance but was declared dead in hospital two hours later. The ambulance was carrying a 62 year-old Tainan resident named Chiang who had a history of diabetes and heart disease. Mr Chiang was suffering chest tightness and breathing difficulties. At around 9:20am, with the siren blaring, the ambulance was exiting an alley when a silver sedan

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March 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ilan, rockfall

A two year-old boy died in his grandmother’s arms after a basketball-sized rock smashed through the windshield of a car on Highway 7 in Ilan County yesterday. The Lin family were on their way home near Nanshan at around 11:00pm when the boulder hit the passenger-side windshield. Grandmother Lin was sitting in the front passenger seat holding her two year-old grandson at the time. The Lins drove to an ambulance station in Nanshan. The grandmother suffered injuries to her neck

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February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Ilan

[Pictures: Ilan County Fire Department.] Four people were injured, none seriously, after a bus collided with a truck while overtaking over double-yellow center-lines, on a wet and slippery mountain road in Ilan County this morning. At around 7:40am, a Capital Tours coach carrying 40 passengers from Taipei City en-route to Wuling Farm overtook another vehicle on an approach to a blind curve on highway 7. Dashcam footage [See video below] from the vehicle the bus was overtaking shows the coach

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February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Miaoli County, police, suicide

A police car escorting an ambulance and a civilian car was hit by another car while running a red light in Miaoli County last night. According to Apple Daily, the police officers had forgotten to turn on the siren. Earlier in the evening, officers had received a report from concerned family members that a 38 year old man named Lee intended to commit suicide. Police located the man’s car near Jiuwenshui Bridge, and found Lee in the riverbed at around

Traffic Accidents

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