The China Post
Date: July 31, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI–Two cyclists were hit and killed on the Suhua Highway in Eastern Taiwan Saturday by a taxi that lost control at high speed, apparently because its driver was drunk, police said.

Video footage from a roadside surveillance camera captured the moment when the taxi lost control at a curve near the 156.3 kilometer mark of the highway, before swerving sideways into the opposite lane.

The moment the taxi hit the cyclists occurred outside of the camera frame, but pictures of the aftermath showed the taxi’s hood smashed in and two badly damaged bicycles lying nearby.

The cyclists, who were heading north from Hualien, were not breathing and had no pulse when the ambulance arrived and were pronounced dead after being rushed to the hospital, according to the police.     [FULL  STORY]