Two-year-old child dies, parents seriously injured after EV battery fire in northern Taiwan

A two year old child died, and his parents were critically injured, after an electric vehicle at their front door caught fire, trapping them inside their home in Taoyuan City, Saturday. Taoyuan City Fire Department received reports of a fire on Fengde Road, Bade District at 12:10 pm after neighbors noticed an electric motorcycle in flames outside the residence. The fire department dispatched 17 fire trucks, 5 ambulances and 52 personnel. When firefighters arrived, the first floor of the house

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

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

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2 Migrant Workers Die after Bicycle hit by Car

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

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