Drunk Driver Crashes into Ambulance: May have Contributed to Patient’s Death

ambulance damaged in accident in Tainan City

March 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance accident, drink-driving, drunk-driver, Tainan

An ambulance carrying a man suspected to have suffered a heart attack was hit by a car yesterday. The patient was transferred to another ambulance but was declared dead in hospital two hours later. The ambulance was carrying a 62 year-old Tainan resident named Chiang who had a history of diabetes and heart disease. Mr Chiang was suffering chest tightness and breathing difficulties. At around 9:20am, with the siren blaring, the ambulance was exiting an alley when a silver sedan

Traffic Accidents

January 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, freeway accident, Tainan

The driver of an intercity bus died at the scene of an accident on National Highway 1 in Tainan, after plowing into a flatbed semi-trailer that had gone out of control and jack-knifed in wet and slippery road conditions, in the early hours of the morning, January 9. Four people were sent to hospital with what were described as light injuries. The injured included the truck driver, a bus passenger, and two occupants of a car. At approximately 4:12 am,

car destroys roadside stand and knocks over scooter

Stupid Stuff

January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments rage, Tainan

A man in Tainan flew into a rage and drove his car into a roadside restaurant after the proprietor ignored his requests for another bowl of fish soup. While reversing out of the shop, he knocked over a scooter rider. At around 8:00 am yesterday, Mr Shen had just enjoyed a breakfast of milk fish porridge, and asked for a top up of fish soup. After the owner of the shop either ignored his request, or didn’t hear it the

suspect arrested with gun in Tainan City

Crime and Criminals

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firearms, guns, shooting, Tainan

A man who fired at least three shots at a restaurant in Tainan City last month was arrested today. He told police he had fired the shots because the stir-fry restaurant had overcharged him. In the early hours of November 20, a man standing on the median strip of Yongda Road in Yongkang District, Tainan City, shot at the facade of the restaurant, causing glass to shatter. When customers inside the restaurant went out to investigate, they saw the suspect

Traffic Accidents

September 17, 2017September 18, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment level-crossing-accident, Tainan

The driver of a car that charged through the boom gates at a level crossing in Tainan died this morning after his car was hit by a train. The impact of the collision caused the driver to be thrown out of the car. The mangled wreck of the car blocked rail traffic in both directions until it was removed with a backhoe. A total of 28 trains and 7,180 passengers were affected by the accident.

driver, car, and victims after deliberately run over

Violent Crimes

July 20, 2017January 1, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment murder, Tainan

A man who deliberately ran over his wife and her lawyer after a court hearing Monday is expected to face multiple murder charges after his wife died last night. Monday, July 17 Hung Tang-hsing (洪當興), 44, attended a court hearing in Tainan District Court, where his wife, Lee Yi-hui (李怡慧), agreed to divorce and requested custody of their children. Outside the court, Mr Hong became enraged when he saw his wife and lawyer “swaggering” down the street, talking and laughing.

body of truck driver after industrial accident in Tainan City

Health and Safety

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment industrial-accident, Tainan

The driver of a concrete transport truck died in Tainan City today after putting his head into the mixing drum of the truck. Tainan City Fire Bureau received a report at 9:00am that the headless body of a driver was hanging from the ladder at the back of a concrete mixing truck. After a preliminary investigation firefighters said it appeared the man had put his head into the drum while cleaning or troubleshooting a problem. The driver’s head was sheared

Hello Kitty car on its roof after flipping in Tainan City, Taiwan April 16, 2017

Traffic Accidents

April 17, 2017April 18, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hello Kitty, Tainan, traffic-accident

The driver of a pink Hello Kitty-themed car was treated for minor injuries after flipping the car in Tainan City, yesterday, Sunday, April 16. At around 1:30pm, the driver of a black car tried to go around a scooter rider who was waiting for a safe time to enter traffic. Video monitors showed the black car obliviously driving into the path of fast-moving traffic. The driver of the cute, pink, Hello Kitty car took evasive action, but lost control and

Crime and Criminals

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chinese Union Party, Tainan, Yoichi Hatta

Former Taipei City Councilor and pro-Chinese unification group member Lee Cheng-long (李承龍) has been identified as the main suspect in the beheading of a bronze statue in Tainan City. The bronze statue, commemorating Japanese civil engineer Yoichi Hatta was found beheaded on Sunday at a memorial park in Guantian, Tainan City. The vandalism incident comes just three weeks before an annual memorial service is to be held at the park. Liberty Times Network reported that police identified Lee and a

backhoes toppled over and partially buried after sinking into a hole on a demolition site in Tainan City Taiwan September 26, 2016

Health and Safety

September 26, 2016 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment heavy machinery, industrial accidents, Tainan, workplace-safety

Three backhoe drivers working on a demolition site in Tainan City were lucky to escape with their lives when the ground they were working on collapsed beneath them. The ground crumbled away slowly enough for the operators to jump out of the machines before they toppled over and sank into the more than 3 meter-deep hole.

Traffic Accidents

September 12, 2016 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment chickens, Tainan

Chicken carcasses were scattered on a road in Tainan in the early hours of September 11, 2016, after a truck loaded with the freshly slaughtered animals slammed into a truck loaded with scooters. The driver of the chicken-truck was tailgating the larger scooter-carrying vehicle when the scooter-truck braked for a red light. The driver of the chicken-truck failed to see the traffic signal due to the large mass of the vehicle directly in front of him. Upon seeing the brake

Tainan

Drunk Driver Crashes into Ambulance: May have Contributed to Patient’s Death

Bus Driver Killed in Collision on Freeway 1

Man Flies into Rage over Fish Soup and uses Car as Weapon of Mass Destruction

Gunman Fired Shots at Restaurant Because he was Overcharged

Driver Killed in Level Crossing Accident

Man Uses Car as Lethal Weapon: Wife and Lawyer Dead

Truck Driver Loses Head in Industrial Accident

Hello Kitty Car Lands Wheels Up

Pro China Group Behind Statue Beheading

Backhoes Buried in Demolition Site Collapse

Chicken Truck Hits Scooter Truck: Oh What a Mess!