A horror crash that left three people dead, and one seriously injured, September 23, was the result of a high-speed chase following a dispute over unpaid debts, a police investigation has found. Police and firefighters received reports of a two-vehicle accident at the 237-kilometer south mark on National Highway 1 in Huwei Township, Yunlin County, at around 10:25 pm, Monday night. Emergency responders found the wrecks of two badly smashed cars, suspected to have collided at high speed before smashing
Read moreMan survives being choked by 105 kg barbell in horror accident at Taiwanese gym
A man was rescued by fellow gym members, and survived without serious injury, after being trapped with a barbell on his neck at a gym in Taoyuan City earlier this month. According to Apple Daily, a video of the incident went viral on Japanese social media sites in the last few days, and some writers mistakenly reported that the man had died. Holger Chen, owner of G.K. Fitness Centers confirmed that the incident occurred in the Zhongli branch of his
Read moreBus driver charged with negligent homicide after hitting two students on pedestrian crossing, leaving one dead
A bus driver has been charged with negligent homicide after two students were hit by a bus while crossing the road on a zebra crossing in Taichung City last night, leaving one dead and one injured. According to reports, two female students from Tunghai University were crossing the road at the intersection of Lichuan East Street and Zhongshan Road when they were hit by a bus turning left at around 9:10 pm. A 20-year-old third-year student, named Lin, was caught
Read moreTropical Depression approaching Taiwan: significant rainfall expected over weekend
A tropical disturbance intensified to a tropical depression this afternoon, and is expected to bring significant rain as it passes the northern tip of Taiwan Saturday and Sunday. Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) upgraded TD19 to tropical depression status at 2:00 pm today, Friday, September 20. TD19 was located 650 kilometers southeast of Point Eluanbi and moving northwest at a speed of 42 kilometers per hour. TD19 has a central air pressure of 1,002 hPa with sustained winds at the
Read moreToxic pesticide found in blood samples after 3 die, 12 sickened in aboriginal village
Toxicologists identified highly toxic pesticide in blood samples of eight victims of a food poisoning case that resulted in three deaths and another eight people hospitalized in Taitung County, Wednesday. According to reports, 12 people in Binmao Village, Jinfeng Township, were sickened after consuming traditional millet dumplings Wednesday night. According to the investigation so far, the poisoning case began after an 83-year-old woman, named Tseng, prepared the dumplings, which included snails collected from a nearby rice paddy. Tseng became sick
Read moreHighway police take delivery of new BMW 520i “red zebra” patrol cars
Taiwan’s National Highway Police Bureau took delivery of 34 new BMW 520i patrol cars recently, and the vehicles were put into service after a ceremony yesterday, September 18. NHPB said the new cars are replacements for vehicles that have been in service for more than seven years, and were purchased for NT$2 million each, with a total budget of NT$68 million. The bureau said that the BMW 520i patrol cars have the same excellent performance as they do in the
Read moreTaiwanese company denies explosive pagers made in Taiwan
The CEO of an electronics company at the center of allegations that its pagers were used in an attack that injured thousands of people and killed 11 in Lebanon, Tuesday, September 17, has denied manufacturing the devices, and said that they were not made in Taiwan. Hsu Chingkuang, Chairman of Gold Apollo, said that the pagers were merely branded Apollo Gold under contract, and that they were manufactured by a European company. Hsu said that the pagers were not manufactured,
Read moreExploding pagers used in attack on Hezbollah allegedly made in Taiwan
Multiple news outlets today are claiming that exploding pagers that injured thousands of people in a covert attack against Hezbollah were made by a Taiwanese company based in New Taipei City. The New York Times reported that Israeli operatives hid explosive material in the Taiwan-made Gold Apollo pagers before they were exported to Lebanon via Iran. NYT cited American and other officials who had been briefed on the operation as the source for the information. The claims arose after thousands
Read moreTropical Storm Pulasan may affect Taiwan’s weather later this week
A tropical depression east of the Philippines intensified into a tropical storm last night, and is forecast to track north of Taiwan later this week, potentially affecting the weather as early as Wednesday evening. Tropical Storm Pulasan, the 14th named tropical storm in the northwest Pacific this year, was generated from tropical depression TD16 at around 8:00 pm Sunday evening. According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, Pulasan is currently located 2,450 kilometers east-southeast of Hengchun Peninsula, and is moving in
Read moreChinese man arrives in Taiwan after crossing the Taiwan Strait in a rubber boat
A Chinese man is being treated for severe dehydration after landing on a beach in northern Taiwan in a rubber boat early this morning, Saturday, September 14. According to reports, the 31-year-old man, named Wang, was spotted by anglers when he was around 100 meters from the shore in Linkou District, New Taipei City, at around 6:30 am. Coast guard officers from Zhuwei Fishing Port and firefighters from the New Taipei City Fire Department responded to reports, and helped the
Read morePilot rescued after ejecting before fighter jet crashes into the Taiwan Strait
An air force pilot was plucked from the water two hours after ejecting from his stricken fighter jet off the coast of northern Taiwan, last night. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said that Captain Hsieh Pei-hsun was piloting a single-seater Mirage 2000 on a routine night training flight after taking off from Hsinchu Air Base at 8:05 pm. The aircraft was returning to base when it lost power around 16.7 nautical miles southwest of Nanliao, Hsinchu County, at 8:35 pm.
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