hit and run

3 Injured in Kaohsiung Hit and Run

accident in Kaohsiung City
Traffic Accidents 
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The driver of a car in Kaohsiung City fled on foot this morning, after drifting into oncoming traffic lanes and bowling over two scooters. Three people were injured in the accident, including a woman who is reported to be in the intensive care unit with crush injuries to her left leg. At around 7:30am this morning, a small, black coupe driven by a man named Yang slowly drifted into oncoming traffic on Pingdeng Road in Fengshan District. After hitting two

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Suspected Drunk Driver Flees after Crashing into Campus Building

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Police suspect a drunk driver fled after crashing into an outbuilding of an elementary school campus in Danshui District in the early hours of the morning, today, January 22. At around 2:00 am, a driver lost control of a black Lexus and crashed through a hedge before smashing through a low brick wall and hitting a building in the campus of Xinshi Elementary School. The building is located on the school’s farm. Residents in nearby high-rise apartment buildings were woken

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Driver Runs Away after High-Speed Collision

car damaged an abandoned by driver after hiting scooter and lamp post
Traffic Accidents 
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[Cover Picture: Liberty Times Network] A driver in Kaohsiung left the scene of an accident this morning after slamming into a scooter at high speed and seriously injuring a woman before careering into a lamp post and seriously damaging his own car. At 4:15am police were called to the scene of the accident in Qianzhen District (前鎮區) where they found the injured woman named Lai. Ms Lai suffered head injuries and multiple fractures, including a fractured pelvis. Police found the

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Fatal Hit and Run: Victim’s Leg Found 3km Away

A victim of a hit and run is treated in an ambulance
Traffic Accidents 
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A man riding a scooter was killed in Banciao District of New Taipei City after being hit by a Mercedes Benz that ran a red light in the early hours of the morning, Wednesday June 14. The victim was thrown 30 meters from the point of impact, and his leg was severed below the knee. However, police and ambulance officers were unable to locate the missing limb. The 55 year-old scooter rider was pronounced dead at the hospital. Several hours

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Two Road Construction Workers Killed in Hit and Run

scene of a hit and run accident on the national highway
Traffic Accidents 
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A newspaper delivery truck driver left the scene of an accident after hitting and killing two road construction workers on the National Highway at around 4:00am this morning, May 7. The driver returned to the scene and turned himself in about half an hour later. Mr Zhu, 58 said he had pulled over about 200 meters down the road after suspecting he had hit somebody or something. However, another road construction worker who was unaware of the accident told the

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Near-Sighted Driver Hits and Kills Woman: Continues Driving with Body on Roof

smashed windscreen hit and run car
Traffic Accidents 
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A near-sighted man with a severe visual impairment drove without glasses on the evening of August 4. At around 1:00am he struck and killed a woman, and continued to drive with the body of the woman on the roof of his car. The 33 year-old man surnamed Chen said he felt a bump and saw a dark object flying up from the front of his car and cracking the windshield, but when he stopped and looked behind him he didn’t

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