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Two Belgian tourists injured in cycling accident in north coast mountain district

Paramedics tend to injured cyclists who tumbled into streambed
Phillip Charlier 0 Comment , , ,

Two Belgian men were injured after crashing their bicycles on a downhill section of a mountain road in Wanli District, New Taipei City, yesterday, Sunday, April 16.

According to Taiwanese media outlet SETN, the two men were part of a group of four cyclists riding on a downhill section of the Pingding Mountain Road when they crashed into a bridge pier. One of the men flew over the guardrail and fell into a streambed around 4 meters below the road.

The New Taipei City Fire Department received reports of the accident at 8:06 am and dispatched 7 vehicles and 16 personnel from fire stations in Shimen, Jinshan and Wanli.

A 35-year-old man was found to have suffered a broken collar bone and chest pains. A 33-year-old man was rescued from a stream bed 4 meters below the road with a fractured thigh.

Speed and unfamiliarity with local road conditions is suspected to have been a factor in the accident.

paramedics rescue man from streambed using crane boom.
Firefighters use a crane boom from a rescue vehicle to hoist injured man from a streambed in Wanli District, New Taipei City, Sunday, April 16, 2023. Picture: New Taipei City Fire Department.
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