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

10 vehicle pile-up on national freeway 3

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, Miaoli County

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

Fire

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firefighters, Kaohsiung City, residential fire

Firefighters rescued a girl trapped in a residence on fire in Kaohsiung today, but one firefighter lost his life due to smoke inhalation. At around 11:40am this morning, the fire department received reports of a fire at a 4 storey house in Qieding District of Kaohsiung City. According to reports in Apple Daily and other Chinese language media sources, the fire started in a kitchen, and was not intense, but generated a lot of smoke. When firefighters arrived at the

a boy in a wheelchair while in hospital for treatment and a check-up in child abuse case

Society

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-abuse, Hsinchu County, vigilante

A man and his partner moved out of their residence overnight, after a case of child abuse was uncovered in Hsinchu County, yesterday, and pictures of a malnourished, battered boy were posted on Facebook. A woman who remains unnamed in media reports, yesterday paid a surprise visit to her two sons, who live with their father, only to find her three-year old son malnourished, covered in bruises and faeces, and locked out on a balcony with cable ties wrapped around

Traffic Accidents

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drink-driving, drunk-driver, Taipei City

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

KG-9 submachine gun, magazines, and ammunition

Crime and Criminals

September 20, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firearms, guns, Kaohsiung City, sub-machine gun

Police confiscated a sub-machine gun after a raid at the residence of a suspect last night. It was the second sub-machine gun seized in the city in consecutive days. The raid followed a month-long investigation launched after an arrest of a man in August on drugs and guns charges. Police swooped on the 49 year-old suspect named Liu as he arrived at the residence and got out of his car at around 10:00pm. A search of the residence uncovered 700

submachine gun, handgun, and ammunition seized in Kaohsiung City

Crime and Criminals

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firearms, guns, Kaohsiung City

A nineteen year-old man in Kaohsiung City was arrested yesterday, after a police raid of his home turned up a Colt 9mm sub-machine gun, a handgun, a homemade bomb, and 175 rounds of ammunition. According to reports in Apple Daily, and China Times, Kaohsiung Harbor Police Department received a tip-off that a man named Lu (盧) was in possession of firearms in the harbor district. After further investigations, police acquired a search warrant and raided Lu’s Xiaogang District residence at

Traffic Accidents

September 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus crash, coach crash, Keelung

Twenty-eight passengers and the driver of a bus were injured in a crash near Keelung this morning. None of the injuries were described as serious. At around 9:20am the driver lost control of the bus as it was rounding a bend and hit the guardrail. The coach mounted the concrete guardrail and was left straddling it after the crash. The coach was one of 6 hired to take the employees of an accountancy firm from Xinyi District in Taipei City

damaged and wrecked cars after being hit by runaway truck

Traffic Accidents

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Nantou County, runaway-truck, truck-accident

Seven people were injured, one critically, after a truck loaded with bricks lost brakes and barreled downhill into traffic stopped at an intersection in Nantou City this evening, September 14. A total of 18 vehicles were damaged or destroyed, according to Apple Daily, after the truck left a trail of destruction for a length of more than 300 meters. At around 5:40pm, the flatbed semi-trailer fully loaded with pallets of bricks estimated to weigh 20 to 30 tons, according to

A gravel truck, an SUV, and a tour bus after a crash in Taitung City

Traffic Accidents

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gravel-truck, Taitung, tour-bus

The driver of an SUV was killed in Taitung City this morning after a gravel truck smashed into his vehicle, pushing it into the back of a tour bus. At around 9:00am, a traffic light on Zhiben Road, Section 2, had just turned from red to green, when the gravel truck hit the SUV from behind, pushing the vehicle for around 40 meters until it came to a stop against the back of a bus carrying a group of international

Typhoon

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment tropical depression 27W, typhoon

A tropical depression currently situated south-east of Taiwan may intensify into a mild typhoon today or tomorrow according to the Central Weather Bureau, or a tropical storm, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JWTC). Tropical Depression 27W, is currently situated around 210 kilometers south of Taipei and is generating rain and strong winds along the east coast of Taiwan. Shipping and ferry services to outer islands have been cancelled since early this morning. According to the Central News Agency,

Weather

September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment floods, rockfall, torrential rain

[Picture: mud and rocks cover a road between Yangmingshan and Jinshan in New Taipei City. Picture: Jinshan Police Station.] The Central Weather Bureau this morning issued an extremely heavy rain advisory for northern districts, the Water Resources Department issued a level 1 flood warning for Keelung City, and flood-prone districts of Taipei City, and the Council of Agriculture issued mudslide and rockfall alerts for 6 townships and 30 villages. The CWB warning issued at 8:20am predicted extremely heavy torrential rain

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

12 Year-old Girl Rescued: Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty

Father Flees after Public Outrage over Child Abuse Case

Drunk Driver Kills 1, Injures 2 in Taipei City

KG-9 Sub-machine Gun Seized in Kaohsiung City

Teenager Charged for Possession of Sub-machine Gun

29 Injured in Bus Crash

Runaway Truck Leaves Trail of Destruction in Nantou City

Driver Killed in Horror Smash; Tour Bus Passengers Escape Injury

Tropical Depression affecting Taiwan may intensify into Mild Typhoon in next 48 hours

Heavy Rain Advisory, Flood Warning, and Rockfall Alerts issued for Northern Taiwan