Suspected drug driver flees hospital after crashing into bus
A driver in Keelung City crashed into a bus this morning, but when police went to the hospital to question him, the man had fled.
At around 9:30am, the driver of a silver sedan lost control of his vehicle at high speed on Peide Road, crashed into a traffic island, flipping his car, and crashed into a bus travelling in the opposite lane.
The driver, a 26-year-old man named Yu, suffered injuries to his face and was taken to hospital by ambulance. When police investigating the accident went to hospital to question Yu, a nurse informed them that Yu had gone out to smoke a cigarette, but had not returned.
A passenger on the bus told police that he had witnessed Yu placing a bag under bushes on the traffic island at the scene of the accident. Police found a packet containing suspected drugs.
Yu was the only person injured in the accident.
Sources: Liberty Times Network, Apple Daily.
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