Electric bicycle vendor charged for negligent homicide after battery explosion leads to death of elderly woman

November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment battery-fire, electric bicycle, electric vehicles, made in china, New Taipei City

An electric bicycle vendor in New Taipei City has been indicted on charges of negligent homicide, after an investigation into the death of an elderly woman who was seriously injured when a lithium-ion battery exploded under the seat of a tricycle she was riding earlier this year. According to the investigation by the New Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office, a man named Chen purchased an electric tricycle from a vendor at the Chongxin Bridge Flea Market in Sanchong District on December

Traffic Accidents

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment electric bicycle, fatal accident, foreign workers

Two Vietnamese foreign workers died after they were hit by a car while riding an electric bicycle in Taichung City late last night, July 21. At around 11:00pm, a 30 year-old woman was riding the bicycle carrying a 26 year-old male passenger on Jiahou Road in Houli District. While on a bridge that crosses Freeway 1, they were hit from behind by a car. A motorist who witnessed the accident pulled over and immediately called 119. Paramedics rushed the couple