Newborn baby found abandoned in cardboard box in New Taipei City

March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abandoned baby, New Taipei City

Ambulance personnel found a newborn baby dumped in a cardboard box in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, after responding to a report shortly after midnight this morning, March 27. Update: Mother identified. The baby girl still had the umbilical cord attached, and vital signs were stable. The infant was covered with a cloth, but had a lower than normal temperature, and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. Police accessed traffic monitor footage from the site in Zhongyuan Street, and

Breaking News Traffic Accidents

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drink-driving, drunk-driver, New Taipei City

A driver lost control of his vehicle on an elevated expressway in New Taipei City this morning, and his car bounced over the guardrail and landed in a park more than 20 meters below. At around 6:55am, a 36-year-old man named Chen was weaving between cars at high speed on a curved section of Provincial Highway 65, between Wugu and Banqiao, when he lost control of his Subaru Forester SUV. The car slid to the right until the tires hit

car crushed between two trucks in accident on National Freeway

Traffic Accidents

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, Kaohsiung City, National Freeway

The driver of a sedan died at the scene of a five-vehicle accident after a semi trailer plowed into stationary vehicles, crushing the car between two container trucks on National Freeway 1 this morning, March 21. The accident occurred at around 11:30am as a line of vehicles were stopped behind a road maintenance vehicle in the fast lane of the the freeway in the south-bound lanes at the 364.5 kilometer mark in Kaohsiung City. As the vehicles waited to merge

Marine and Fisheries

March 21, 2019February 5, 2024 Phillip Charlier 16 Comments great white, Ilan, shark, Yilan County

A great white shark measuring over 4 meters long was delivered and sold at a fish market in Su’ao Township, Yilan County today, March 20, after being caught as bycatch off the northeast coast of Taiwan. The shark weighed in at 1170 kilograms and was sold by auction at a price of NT$50 (US$1.62) per kilogram for a total of NT$58,500 (US$1,898.90). The buyer, named as “Taiwan Ocean Art Museum” in various reports, appears to be a company engaged in

Marine and Fisheries

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Cuvier's beaked whale, marine conservation, plastic, Taitung County, whale

A dead whale that washed up on a beach in Cheng-gong Township, Taitung County, March 15, was found to have a significant amount of plastic and other man-made materials in its stomach, after being dissected, yesterday, March 19. Researchers from the Ocean Conservation Administration, and the Taiwan Cetacean Society, said the 565-centimeter-long Cuvier’s beaked whale was pregnant, and contained a 165-centimeter-long fetus. Inside the stomach of the whale, the researchers found 6 plastic bags, 4 burlap bags, a piece of

A bus stops before a zebra crossing in New Taipei City

Health and Safety

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment New Taipei City, on the buses

Two bus drivers in New Taipei City were seen stopping and checking for pedestrians on a zebra crossing before proceeding, and a witness was so pleasantly surprised that he uploaded dash-cam footage of the incident to social media. The video footage, was recorded at 8:56am last Friday, March 15, and shows two buses in succession turning right onto Minzu Road in Banqiao District. Both drivers stopped and made a gesture pointing left and right, confirming no pedestrians were on the

woman fights against assailant attempting to rape her

Violent Crimes

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments sexual assault, Taichung City, victim blaming

A woman was evicted from her rented apartment in Taichung City last month, after a man attempted to rape her in the lobby, and the landlord decided that being too beautiful is troublesome. At around 1:00am February 18, Ms Lee, 40, was returning home after enjoying a night out with friends, when a man attempted to follow her into an elevator from the lobby of a building in Taichung City’s South district. Feeling uncomfortable being closely followed the man, Lee

construction site that became a crime scene after cover up attempt on industrial accident

Health and Safety

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fake traffic accident, industrial-accident, Pingtung County, workplace-safety

A construction site foreman and four workers have been charged after police found that they had faked a traffic accident to cover-up a fatal industrial accident. Police in Pingtung County’s Neipu Township received a report about a scooter accident outside the construction site at around 10:00am, Thursday, March 14. However, when officers arrived at the scene, the “scooter rider” had already been taken to hospital in the construction site foreman’s car. A damaged scooter lay beside a utility pole. The

Traffic Accidents

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Miaoli County, rockfall

A woman suffered a slight head injury today after a large rock fell onto a moving car on route 62 in Miaoli County today, partially destroying the car, and causing it to crash into the mountainside. A couple had visited a hot springs resort and were heading home in a small hatchback at around 5:00pm, when a rock hit the car’s left-rear, sending the car out of control. Firefighters who attended the crash provided first aid and sent the 44-year-old

Society

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance, ambulance blocking

A driver who remained in the fast lane of the freeway, and refused to yield to an ambulance carrying a child in critical condition, was fined and had their license revoked, police said today, March 12. The National Highway police Bureau said that yesterday morning, an ambulance carrying a critically-ill child from a hospital in Taichung City to Taipei Veteran’s General hospital was impeded by the driver of a black Ford sedan on the Jhubei to Hukou Road section. The

Fire

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fire, gas explosion, Yilan County

A married couple and their eight-month-old baby died after a massive residential gas explosion destroyed one house and damaged 12 in Su’ao Township, Yilan County, yesterday, March 9. At around 5:00pm, a massive blast tore through the neighborhood on Shengxian Road, shattering neighbor’s windows and causing buildings as far as 400 meters away to shake. “I thought it was an earthquake,” a nearby resident told an Apple Daily reporter. The resident saw smoke pouring out of the house and wanted

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After woman fights off rapist in building lobby, landlady evicts her because “beauty leads to trouble”

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