Freeway guardrail damaged in Ferrari crash

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway accident, Kaohsiung City

A guardrail on National Freeway 3 will be repaired, but the red Ferrari 488 that crashed into it will be sold as scrap metal after the driver lost control of the vehicle in Kaohsiung City yesterday, September 5. The 42-year-old driver, named Chiu hit the central traffic divider while driving in the fast lane, before veering into the outer guardrail at the 383.3 kilometer mark in Yanchao District at 6:10 am, according to dashcam video of the accident. Fortunately, Mr

patrol car after being damaged in drunk driving accident

Traffic Accidents

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drunk driving, Kaohsiung City

A driver rushing to visit his grandmother in hospital crashed head-on into a police car in Kaohsiung City this morning, and was promptly arrested for drunk driving. According to an Apple Daily report, Mr Wang, 27, was drinking at a friend’s house when he received an urgent call informing him that his grandmother had suffered a fall, and had been sent to the hospital. Wang anxiously got into his car with the intent of driving to the hospital, despite being

Weather

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment indigenous people, Kaohsiung City, Taoyuan District

A female indigenous representative is missing after being swept away by a sudden surge of mud, water, and rocks, while crossing a stream in a mountain district of Kaohsiung City yesterday, August 11. Xie Yizhen (謝宜真) had been visiting residents of three villages left isolated after catastrophic levels of rain destroyed roads and bridges in Taoyuan District last week. See previous story: Emergency supplies flown into communities left isolated after disaster-level rain At around 5:40 pm, 54-year-old Xie was crossing

National Airborne Service Corp Black Hawk helicopter Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City

Weather

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, torrential rain

Taiwan’s National Airborne Service Corps dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter to fly emergency supplies to mountain communities left isolated after days of torrential rain washed away bridges, and left roads blocked by landslides, Sunday August 8. The NASC helicopter carried 300 kilograms of supplies, and four Taipower personnel into Kaohsiung City’s Taoyuan District, which was inundated by an amount of rain not seen since the disastrous Typhoon Morakot hit the area in 2009. A surge of water and debris washed

8 ton steel coil of rolled sheet steel falls off back of truck

Traffic Accidents

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, unsecured load

A scooter rider suffered only minor bruising after a steel coil weighing around eight tons fell off the back of a truck and bowled his scooter over in Kaohsiung City, yesterday, July 30. According to reports, at around 3:55 pm, a flatbed truck with trailer carrying four steel coils was passing through the intersection of Gaofeng Road and Kongfeng Road in Xiaogang District when one of the coils rolled off the back of the truck. The coil flipped end-to-end several

flooding in Guishan District, Taoyuan City

Weather

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, New Taipei City, torrential rain

Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau issued an extremely heavy rain warning for New Taipei City, parts of Hualien County, and Pingtung County this afternoon, and the Kaohsiung City Government opened the Disaster Response Center in preparation for catastrophic level rain forecast for this weekend. Some areas of New Taipei City and Taoyuan City experienced sporadic, localized flooding during torrential downpours this afternoon as a band of thunderstorms swept over the area at around 2:00 pm. Taoyuan City’s Guishan District saw rain

Health and Safety

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment electricity accident, Kaohsiung City

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after collapsing beside a transformer box on a flooded sidewalk in Kaohsiung City yesterday, and it is suspected that she was electrocuted due to exposed wires on a lamp post. The 39-year-old woman named Kao was holding an umbrella and walking through floodwater on Sanmin Road late yesterday afternoon after thunderstorms inundated Kaohsiung City and surrounding districts with more than 100 millimeters of rain in just over an hour, causing sudden

medical and administration staff of Gangshan Armed Forces Hospital

Drugs

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Kaohsiung City, medicine, pharmaceutical industry

Thirteen military medical officers from an armed forces hospital in Kaohsiung City were handed sentences ranging from 1 year, 9 months to 7 years, 8 months for taking bribes from pharmaceutical company representatives in return for prescribing specific drugs to patients, according to reports today, July 6. The Kaohsiung District Court found that pharmaceutical companies provided bribes ranging from NT$170,000 to nearly NT$1 million to doctors and hospital administrators of the Gangshan Armed Forces Hospital in return for prescribing their

Marine and Fisheries

June 27, 2021June 29, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Dalin Oil Refinery, Kaohsiung City, oil spill, Pingtung County

An oil spill from an offshore pipeline of the Dalin Oil Refinery in Kaohsiung City has spread to sensitive ecological coastal zones including the popular resort areas of Kenting and the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, according to reports this weekend. The Oceanic Conservation Department of the Ocean Commission issued a press release yesterday, June 25 saying that the ecology of precious coral reefs are in danger, and announcing that it will impose penalties on petroleum company CPC Corp. An

Drugs

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, mushrooms

A man in Kaohsiung City was arrested after a police raid turned up the largest haul of psychedelic mushrooms in Taiwan’s history. The 33-year-old man, named Chen, became the focus of police attention after an investigation that began during a marijuana bust last year according to reports in Liberty Times and United Daily News today, June 18. An investigation by the Taichung District Prosecutor’s Office and Criminal Police Bureau began after three packs of psychedelic mushrooms weighing a total of

Health and Safety

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Kaohsiung City

A female university student fell from the 6th floor of a building onto a roof 5 floors below, in Kaohsiung City in the early hours of this morning, but remained conscious and is not seriously injured, according to reports today, May 28. Kaohsiung City Fire Department received a report that a person had fallen from a residential building in Gushan District at around 1:00 am. Firefighters found the 22-year-old woman, named Tsai on a roof on the first floor. Tsai

Kaohsiung City

Freeway guardrail damaged in Ferrari crash

Filial but drunk: driver crashes into police car injuring two officers

Indigenous representative visiting stranded villagers swept away by flooded stream

Emergency supplies flown into communities left isolated after disaster-level rain

Scooter rider narrowly escapes death after 8 ton steel coil falls off truck

Extremely heavy rain warning issued for New Taipei City: Kaohsiung prepares for disaster level rain

Woman electrocuted while wading through floodwater in Kaohsiung City

13 doctors convicted, sentenced for taking pharmaceutical company bribes

Oil refinery spill spreads to Kenting National Park beaches and coral reefs

Psychedelic mushroom farmer busted in Kaohsiung City

Uni student survives 5-storey fall after leaving her key at home