The China Post
Date: October 7, 20170
By: Wang Chao-yu and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei (CNA) – A coach carrying 26 tourists from Vietnam collided with an unladen
A coach carrying 26 tourists from Vietnam collided with an unladen container truck on an expressway in Northern Taiwan on Oct. 06, 2017, leaving the driver and 11 passengers injured. (CNA)
container truck on an expressway in northern Taiwan Friday, leaving the driver and 11 passengers injured, although none critically, firefighters at the scene said.
The accident occurred at the 7.1-kilometer mark on the eastbound lanes of Provincial Highway 62, also called the Ruibin Expressway, that connects Keelung and New Taipei’s Ruifang District.
The tour bus, with a total of 28 people aboard, including the Taiwanese driver, hit the truck from behind, smashing the front of the coach and trapping the 53-year-old driver, police and firefighters said.
The Keelung City Fire Department dispatched eight ambulances, three firetrucks and 24 firefighters to the scene. The driver, surnamed Chen (陳), was rescued from his cab and rushed to a nearby hospital. [FULL STORY]
