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4 dead after 3 truck crashes on National Highway 3: pile-up in tunnel causes commuter headache

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Four people have died in three separate traffic accidents on National Highway 3 since late last night, and a 15-vehicle pile-up caused a major traffic jam in the northbound lanes in Taoyuan city this morning. Drunk driving suspected in container truck crash Police and firefighters responded to reports of a single-vehicle accident involving a container truck near the Daxi exit in the southbound lanes of National Highway 3 in Taoyuan City at around 11:20 pm yesterday. Firefighters rescued the 34-year-old

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Truck accident blocks major traffic artery, causing commuter headaches in Taipei City

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A single-vehicle accident involving a semi-trailer blocked a bridge between Sanchong District and Taipei this morning, causing traffic jams and major hassles as commuters were forced to divert to alternative routes to the city. According to reports, the driver of the tractor-trailer carrying a massive steel beam lost control of his vehicle in the northbound lanes of Zhongxiao Bridge at around 5:50 am. The steel beam fell off the truck, destroying the soundproof wall of the bridge, sending debris collapsing

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Driver dies, bleach spills on road after chemical tanker crash on coastal highway

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The driver of a chemical truck died, and a large amount of bleach was spilled on the road, after the truck crashed and overturned on Provincial Highway 2 in New Taipei City this morning. The New Taipei City Fire Department received reports of a crash and chemical spill on the coastal highway in Gongliao District at 10:44 am. NTCFD dispatched 24 vehicles and 40 personnel to the scene of the accident. After identifying the spilled chemical as sodium hypochlorite (bleach),

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Cement truck plunges from elevated road in Kaohsiung City

cement mixer truck after plunging off elevated road
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The driver of a cement mixer truck was rushed to hospital without vital signs, and two people on a scooter were slightly injured when the truck plunged off an elevated road in Kaohsiung City today, October 14. The Kaohsiung City Fire Department dispatched 7 vehicles and 16 personnel to the scene of the accident at the intersection of Cuihua Road and Zhonghua Road in Gushan District at 12:14 pm. Fire Department paramedics found the truck driver seriously injured and without

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Driver was reading text messages when truck crashed into freeway maintenance crew killing 2

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The driver of a truck that crashed into two road maintenance vehicles on National Freeway 3 yesterday, causing two deaths and three injuries, told police that he was using his phone at the time of the accident. The National Highway Police Bureau said that at 2:45 pm yesterday, May 6, the truck carrying 50,000 rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 crashed into the road crew in the southbound lanes on the Xihu section of freeway 3 in Miaoli County. Two of

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1 dead, 4 injured in 6-truck pile-up on West Coast Expressway

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One person died and four were left injured after a semi-trailer hit a road construction vehicle then plowed into five other trucks on the West Coast Expressway (Provincial Highway 61) in Taichung City this morning, May 4. Taichung City Fire Bureau received a report at 10:23 am that a number of vehicles were involved in a traffic accident at the 150.9 kilometer mark in the northbound lanes of the expressway in Qingshui District, and that two people were trapped in

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Sulfuric acid tanker rolls over on freeway exit

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The driver of a chemical tanker was slightly injured, but fortunately no sulfuric acid leaked, after the truck rolled over on an exit of National Highway 3 in Miaoli County today, February 15. The Miaoli County Fire Department received reports that a tanker truck carrying sulfuric acid had overturned in the northbound exit lanes at the Zhunan Township interchange at 12:32 pm, and that an unknown liquid was leaking onto the road. Firefighters arrived to find that the liquid was

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Hydrochloric acid spilled on freeway after tanker overturns

smoke rises from acid spill on freeway
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Firefighters sprayed water on the road surface to dilute hydrochloric acid that spilled from a tanker truck that overturned on National Highway 1 in Yunlin County today, January 17. Yunlin County Fire Department said that it received a report about an overturned chemical tanker in the northbound lanes of the freeway at the 241 kilometer mark at around 1:30 pm. Firefighters found the driver of the truck conscious and without serious injury. However, hydrochloric acid had leaked onto the road

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1 dead, 1 injured after wheel falls off truck on freeway

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A female passenger in a car was killed instantly, and the driver was injured, after a wheel fell off a truck and bounced into oncoming traffic on National Highway 3 in Kaohsiung City today, December 10. According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, a semitrailer carrying recyclable materials was travelling southbound when a left rear wheel disconnected from the trailer, and bounced into the northbound lanes at the 384.8 kilometer mark, at around 12:50 pm. The wheel hit a pick-up truck

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Two gravel truck drivers dead after head-on collision on Coastal Highway

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Both drivers died after two gravel trucks collided on the Northern Coastal Highway in New Taipei City this morning, December 31. According to Ruifang Police Precinct, two gravel trucks travelling in opposite directions crashed head on at 5:50 am at the 118.8 kilometer mark in Gongliao District. The impact of the crash left both truck cabins severely mangled with the two drivers trapped in the wreckage. The 24-year-old driver of one of the trucks, named Lin, was “obviously dead” when

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