Big Waves Lash North Coast: Truck Swept to Sea, 104 Anglers Trapped, 1 Person Drowned

September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment anglers, fishing, Keelung, rogue waves

[Cover picture: United Daily News] Anglers fishing off a breakwater at the entrance of Keelung Harbor were suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation when a series of large waves surged over the concrete platform this morning. Keelung Harbor Bureau said that sea conditions before the waves began to surge where normal. At around 8:00am waves began to surge over the breakwater. A truck that had just pulled up near the edge of the breakwater was knocked over by the waves.

Health and Safety

September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Baishawan, Canada, search and rescue

A Canadian woman swimming with a group of friends at a New Taipei City Beach was swept out by a rip tide at around 1:00am this morning. The woman managed to make it back to shore on her own around 2 hours later. The group of 5 friends were camping at a Baishawan beach. They decided to go for a midnight swim, but got into difficulties in the large waves. Four men got back to shore, but the 23 year-old

Traffic Accidents

September 17, 2017September 18, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment level-crossing-accident, Tainan

The driver of a car that charged through the boom gates at a level crossing in Tainan died this morning after his car was hit by a train. The impact of the collision caused the driver to be thrown out of the car. The mangled wreck of the car blocked rail traffic in both directions until it was removed with a backhoe. A total of 28 trains and 7,180 passengers were affected by the accident.

cobra caught by firefighters in Keelung City

Animals

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cobra, Keelung, snake-bite

A 70 year-old Keelung woman felt a pain in her ankle while cooking lunch today, and was shocked when she looked down and saw a cobra. The woman was rushed to hospital still conscious but with a swollen ankle, while firefighters were dispatched to catch the snake. The firefighters caught the 60cm long cobra and warned nearby residents to be on the alert. Ms Xie’s family said that they had lived in the house for 30 years, and although they

Drugs

September 14, 2017September 15, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis, drug bust, Kaohsiung, marijuana

[Cover Picture: United Daily News] Criminal Investigation Bureau officers in Kaohsiung City arrested two men growing cannabis above a cigar shop in Lingya District yesterday, September 13. According to a Liberty Times Network report, the first floor housed the cigar shop, the third floor was used for growing, and the second floor functioned as a lounge where customers could smoke pot. Sixty-one mature plants were confiscated along with the finished product, seeds, equipment used for growing, and a device for

Traffic Accidents

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Kaohsiung, national highway

[Cover Picture: Kaohsiung Fire Bureau] Six passengers were killed, and 11 people injured in a late night bus crash on the National Freeway, Monday, September 11. The Aloha coach departed Kaohsiung at 11:00pm en route to Taipei. At the 348 kilometer mark at 11:46pm, the bus driver is suspected to have braked hard and swerved to avoid a car and then crashed into the central traffic separator. Reports in Chinese language news reports including United Daily News say that many

Typhoon

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments typhoon talim

The Central Weather Bureau revised the predicted path of Typhoon Talim today, expecting the storm to make landfall in Taiwan somewhere in the north of Hualian County or Ilan County. The revised path predicts that most of the island will be affected with the highest intensity in the northern and central districts. A CWB spokesperson also said that the typhoon is expected to intensify as it approaches Taiwan due to warm sea surface temperatures and low wind-shear. The spokesperson did

Health and Safety

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment off-road, Pingtung County

An off road experience park in Manzhou Township, Pingtung County, was temporarily closed while local authorities undertake a comprehensive review of operating practices and regulations, after a fatal accident left a 2 year-old girl dead and 3 family members injured in a roll-over accident yesterday. The driver of the jeep, Mr Zhang, who has 10 years driving jeeps at the park, has been charged with negligent homicide. At around 11:00am Sunday morning, September 10, the Chen family were enjoying the

body of worker recovered from collapsed trench

Health and Safety

September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, Ilan County, industrial-accident

[Cover Picture: Apple Daily] A Vietnamese man died in Ilan County today after the trench he was working in collapsed. The identity of the man is unknown, as he was illegally employed as a day-laborer by the contractors undertaking the sewage works for the County Government. Rescuers spent 1.5 hours digging the man out. Chinese language media showed images of the man’s lifeless, mud-covered body being lifted out of the trench. Rescuers rinsed the man off and performed CPR, but

car and bus involved in head-on collision

Traffic Accidents

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Taitung

[Cover Picture: Taitung Fire Bureau.] Two people died and 6 were slightly injured after an SUV crashed head-on into a tourist bus on Highway 9 in Taitung County shortly before noon today, September 11. The driver and passenger of the car were trapped in the vehicle. The driver was found lifeless at the scene. The seriously injured passenger lost vital signs on the way to hospital. Six passengers on the bus were slightly injured. The accident occurred at around 11:40am

Health and Safety

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aviation, industrial-accident, workplace-safety

Two aircraft maintenance personnel were seriously injured after they fell from a platform in a hangar at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport yesterday, September 9. The workers were repainting a China Airlines Airbus A330. At the same time a crew were working inside the passenger cabin. The door of the aircraft had to be closed for the painting operation, causing the interior to become uncomfortably hot. The crew inside the cabin employed an external air-conditioning unit to pump cool air into

Big Waves Lash North Coast: Truck Swept to Sea, 104 Anglers Trapped, 1 Person Drowned

Midnight Swim Turns into 2 Hour Ordeal for Canadian Woman

Driver Killed in Level Crossing Accident

Woman Bitten by Cobra in the Kitchen

Cops Bust Marijuana Cigar Shop in Kaohsiung

6 Dead, 11 Injured in Freeway Bus Crash

Typhoon Track Revised North: Expected to Intensify

Off Road Park Closed After 2 Year-old Killed in Rollover Accident: Driver Charged

Vietnamese Worker Buried Alive in Sewage Trench

2 Dead 6 Injured After Head on Collision with Bus

Two Seriously Injured in Airplane Maintenance Accident