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Bus Rolls Over after Suspected Brake Failure

bus rollover accident on Yangde Boulevard
Traffic Accidents 
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The driver of an empty school bus suffered broken ribs and bruises after the bus rolled over on a downhill section of Yangde Boulevard in Shilin District, Taipei City, this morning July 31. The bus had delivered students to Huaxing High School at 7:00am and was returning to the depot when, according to the 60 year-old driver, Mr Weng, the brakes failed as it was heading downhill. As the bus accelerated, it veered into the center of the road, knocking

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Driver Prosecuted over Fatal Bus Accident in Nantou County

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The driver of a tour bus that crashed in Nantou County in October last year was prosecuted today, after an investigation determined that he had ignored warning indicators, and continued to drive downhill in high gear until the brakes finally failed, leading to one death, and 23 injured passengers. [See previous article: Bus Brakes Fail: 1 Dead, 23 Injured ] On October 24, 2017, the bus driver, Mr Lai (賴), was in charge of a tour bus carrying a group

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Man’s leg Crushed after Bus Driver Leaves Door Open

firefighters treat a man who fell out of a bus
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A man suffered open fractures to his left leg after falling out of a bus in Linkou District, New Taipei City, today, Saturday, April 14. Mr Lin, 22, boarded the 1120 bus bound for Sanchong District, on Renai Road in Linkou, at around 3:00pm this afternoon. Video monitor footage shows that while Lin was preparing to pay the fare, the bus driver hit the throttle without closing the door. Lin stumbled, and fell out of the bus. Firefighters called to

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4 Injured After Tour Bus Crashes During Illegal Overtake

bus involved in crash in Ilan County
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[Pictures: Ilan County Fire Department.] Four people were injured, none seriously, after a bus collided with a truck while overtaking over double-yellow center-lines, on a wet and slippery mountain road in Ilan County this morning. At around 7:40am, a Capital Tours coach carrying 40 passengers from Taipei City en-route to Wuling Farm overtook another vehicle on an approach to a blind curve on highway 7. Dashcam footage [See video below] from the vehicle the bus was overtaking shows the coach

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Bus Driver Killed in Collision on Freeway 1

Bus towed after fatal accident
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The driver of an intercity bus died at the scene of an accident on National Highway 1 in Tainan, after plowing into a flatbed semi-trailer that had gone out of control and jack-knifed in wet and slippery road conditions, in the early hours of the morning, January 9. Four people were sent to hospital with what were described as light injuries. The injured included the truck driver, a bus passenger, and two occupants of a car. At approximately 4:12 am,

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Bus Driver’s Illegal U-turn plus Speeding Motorcycle a Fatal Combination

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Two men in their early twenties died last night, after the motorcycle they were riding smashed into a bus doing an illegal U-turn across four lanes of traffic and a painted median strip on a road in Ilan County. The motorcycle rider is suspected to have been exceeding the speed limit at the time. The driver of the Kamalan Bus company’s intercity bus claimed that he had just dropped a passenger off and didn’t notice the crosshatched median strip, which

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Children and Teachers Evacuate Bus Before it Bursts into Flames

a tour coach catches fire in Ilan County
Travel and Tourism 
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A bus carrying students and teachers from Malaysia and Singapore erupted into flames shortly after the passengers disembarked from the vehicle in Ilan County last night, November 10. Shortly before 9:00pm, Friday evening, the tour bus carrying 32 passengers who had just visited a tourist farm got stuck after attempting to negotiate a 90 degree turn at an intersection of two narrow mountain roadways. With a back wheel stuck in a ditch, the driver stepped on the throttle in an

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Bus Crashes and Burns in New Taipei City

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A municipal bus crashed into a building in Xinzhuang District and caught fire early this morning after the driver lost consciousness at the wheel. Fortunately, the bus was not carrying passengers at the time. According to Liberty Times Network, at around 5:00am, the 41 year-old driver fainted while stopped at an intersection and his foot hit the accelerator. The bus traveled for around 40 meters before crashing into the building. After crashing, the driver’s foot appears to have remained stuck

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Bus Brakes Fail: 1 Dead, 23 Injured

coach crash in Nantou County
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A tour coach carrying a group from a church in Tainan crashed on a mountain road in Nantou County this afternoon leaving one passenger dead and 23 people injured. The group from the Presbyterian Tainan Datong Christian Church had just visited Qingjing Farm and were on their way home on Provincial Highway 14 when the driver suddenly called out “brake failure” and crashed into a tree at around 3:00pm. According to reports including United Daily News, some passengers were thrown

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Tour Bus Rear-ends Tour Bus: 7 Injured

a coach that crashed into another coach on the national freeway
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Seven people were injured when a tour bus crashed into the back of another tour bus it was following on the National Freeway this morning. The two tour buses belonged to the same company and were travelling together when the accident happened at around 7:40am at the 38.4km mark near Linkou on National Freeway 1. The 40 year-old driver and 6 passengers on the second bus were injured. Nobody on the first bus suffered injuries. The injured were sent to

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7 Injured in Tainan City Bus Crash

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[Cover picture: UDN] Six passengers suffered minor injuries, and the driver was seriously injured, when a bus crashed into a steel column in Tainan City’s Xinying District today. It is suspected the driver suffered a heart attack before the accident. At around 7:30am this morning, a Tainan City Bus veered across the center line into the path of oncoming traffic, mounted the sidewalk, knocked down a light pole and a fire hydrant, then slammed into the steel columns outside the

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