Wet Weather Causes a Spate of Accidents

Wet weather across Taiwan this week has resulted in many traffic accidents. Yesterday, Saturday August 29, a two-vehicle collision on the national highway at Chiayi led to further collisions as other drivers failed to brake on time on the slippery road. A total of 6 vehicles were damaged, and 8 people were injured.

Firefighters were dealing with the first collision when a pile-up of four cars occurred about 100 meters behind them. The 8 injured were ferried to three different hospitals. None of the injuries were serious or life-threatening.

The following video shows a dashcam video of the first car that caused the pile-up, after going out of control and smashing into the traffic barrier. Other cars crashed as they tried to avoid the vehicle.

Sources: CTi, Apple Daily (Taiwan)

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