truck-accident

Runaway Truck Leaves Trail of Destruction in Nantou City

damaged and wrecked cars after being hit by runaway truck
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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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Truck in Horror Crash Overloaded: Driver Unlicensed

a truck and car involved in a multiple fatality accident on freeway 3 October 24, 2017
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A police investigation into a crash on Freeway 3 in Taichung yesterday, that saw a family of three killed, revealed that the truck was overloaded, and the truck driver was not licensed to drive a heavy vehicle. Shortly after 3:00pm yesterday, October 24, a semi-trailer carrying steel beams went out of control in the south-bound lanes, jumped the central traffic divider, and slammed into an Audi sedan traveling north-bound. The 41 year-old driver of the sedan, his 35 year-old wife,

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Truck Involved in Rear End Accident Showed no Signs of Braking

the mangled wreck of a truck
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The driver of a truck that rear-ended a semi-trailer on the Formosa Freeway this morning is in a coma after sustaining critical injuries. Police say there are no signs of brake marks on the road. The accident happened around 5:00am in the northbound lanes of Freeway #3 at the 142km mark in Miaoli County. Police said it appeared that the 55 year-old driver of the goods truck failed to keep a safe distance between his vehicle and the coal truck

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1 Dead, 6 Injured After Truck Plows into Cars

the mangled wreck of crushed cars and an overturned truck
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Update: 3:17pm: 2 dead, 3 injured One person died and four were hospitalized after a truck plowed into cars on the National Highway in Tainan this morning. Tainan City Fire Bureau received a report of the accident at 7:56am. Six ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the crash. Highway Police said the deceased, a driver named Lin, died at the scene due to severe head injuries. Three males and one female were rushed to hospital with two described as

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Runaway Truck Kills one Injures 3 (includes video)

A truck involved in a fatal accident in Tainan, Taiwan
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Tainan: Suspected brake failure caused a 10 ton truck to roll down a freeway exit ramp and across a busy 4 lane road, killing a scooter rider and injuring 3 other other people. The incident was caught on security cameras. Footage shows the out of control speeding truck hitting 3 cars, then smashing through the center traffic divider, before hitting the scooter rider.   Sources: CTi, Apple Daily

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