Nantou County

Little girl found alive two hours after truck plunges into ravine, one dead, driver drunk

rescue workers at accident site
Traffic Accidents 
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Firefighters pulled two men out of a wrecked truck, after it left the road and plunged 50 meters down a mountainside in Nantou County yesterday, while other rescue personnel searched for a 6-year-old girl who had fallen out of the vehicle. Witnesses called emergency services after seeing a loaded truck speeding downhill, then crashing through a guardrail on a bend at the 2 kilometer mark of the Hehuan Mountain section of Highway 14 at around 5:10 pm, Saturday, December 7.

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Gunman believed to have killed himself after cops block escape

suspect's vehicle after more than 40 shots fired by police
Crime and Criminals 
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A man is suspected to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot after a 4 hour chase ended with his car surrounded in Nantou County last night, July 28. At around 6:00pm yesterday, a man driving a white Mercedes Benz SUV pulled up outside a residence in Xinping Street, Taiping District, Taichung City, and fired three shots at the garage door. Police investigating the incident identified the driver of the car as a 32-year-old man named Lai, with previous convictions for

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Bus driver to face small fine after dangerous overtaking maneuver

bus driver overtaking on blind bend
Health and Safety 
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The driver of a tour bus will face a fine of between NT$600 and NT$1,800 (US$16 – US$58), after a overtaking over double-yellow lines on a blind bend in a mountain district of Nantou County two days ago. The driver, who caught the act on dash-cam, was forced to brake hard, and swerve her car into the guardrail to avoid a head-on collision with the tour bus. Shortly before 2:00pm on Wednesday, April 3, Ms Zhong was driving on Provincial

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Woman Hospitalized after being Mauled by Dogs

woman hospitalized after dog attack
Animals 
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A woman is recovering in hospital after a vicious attack by a pack of dogs in Caotun Township, Nantou County, yesterday, November 8. The 67 year-old woman, named Lee, was riding a scooter on a road in an industrial area when a pack of dogs attacked her, dragging her off the scooter and mauling her head and limbs. Most media reports say that 6 dogs were involved in the attack, but video evidence has since emerged showing that only 3

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Runaway Truck Leaves Trail of Destruction in Nantou City

damaged and wrecked cars after being hit by runaway truck
Traffic Accidents 
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Seven people were injured, one critically, after a truck loaded with bricks lost brakes and barreled downhill into traffic stopped at an intersection in Nantou City this evening, September 14. A total of 18 vehicles were damaged or destroyed, according to Apple Daily, after the truck left a trail of destruction for a length of more than 300 meters. At around 5:40pm, the flatbed semi-trailer fully loaded with pallets of bricks estimated to weigh 20 to 30 tons, according to

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Armed Robber Arrested at Taoyuan Airport

a suspect is arrested at the airport
Crime and Criminals 
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A man who robbed a post office at gunpoint in Nantou County yesterday was arrested at Taoyuan International Airport this morning, August 18. Friday, August 17, at around 4:15pm, a man wearing camouflage pants, a plain t-shirt, a cap, and a surgical mask, entered a small post office in a rural area of Lugu Township. The man pointed a handgun at a teller, and demanded the contents of the cash draw. The nervous teller handed over bundles of cash totaling

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Nantou’s Biggest Marijuana Cultivation Operation in 20 Years Busted

cannabis cultivated in a remote mountain district
Drugs 
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Police raided a cannabis cultivation operation in a remote mountain district in Nantou County yesterday, and uncovered what they described as the biggest cultivation operation in 20 years. More than 500 plants were uprooted by investigators in what appeared in police videos to be steep, jungle-clad terrain. Along with the plants, 372 grams of seeds, and 176 grams of dried cannabis tops and leaves were taken as evidence. A 59 year-old man named Deng and his girlfriend were arrested. Deng

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16 Year-old Guns Down Two Men Outside Convenience Store

7-11 convenience store
Violent Crimes 
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Two minors were arrested this morning after two men were gunned down as they exited a 7-11 convenience store in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, in the middle of the night. A convenience store clerk told police that two men entered the store and purchased beer after attending a temple fair nearby. As the men exited the store, six shots rang out. When the clerk went out to investigate, he found the two men laying in pools of blood. One had

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Driver Prosecuted over Fatal Bus Accident in Nantou County

Traffic Accidents 
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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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Gravel Truck Overturns on Rain-Damaged Road

overturned gravel truck
Traffic Accidents 
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A truck driver escaped with minor injuries after hitting a washed out section of road in Nantou County this morning. The accident happened at around 6:30am after heavy rain overwhelmed the drainage culvert, causing a cross-section of the road to wash out. The complete front wheel and axle assembly was ripped out from under the truck, which then overturned. The road is part of an 11.5 kilometer network built exclusively for the use of gravel trucks. The road was opened

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Driver Fighting for Life After Attempting to Speed through Intersection

a driver is thrown out of a vehicle during a collision
Traffic Accidents 
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The driver of a little blue truck was thrown out the window before his vehicle flipped and landed on top of him after a collision in Nantou County this morning. At around 6:00am, the traffic lights at the intersection of Nan’an Road and Zhongzheng Road in Puli township were not yet operational, and were flashing orange in one direction, meaning slow down, and red on the perpendicular, meaning stop and give way. According to traffic monitor footage, the 70 year-old

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