Boy in critical condition, 6 others injured in Taipei auto accident

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/27/2020
By: Liu Chien-pang and Matthew Mazzetta

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Taipei, June 27 (CNA) A five-year-old boy is in critical condition and six others received treatment for injuries following a three-vehicle crash on Yangde Boulevard in Taipei's Shilin District Saturday, according to the local police department.

Taipei police received an emergency call at around 4 p.m. notifying them of the accident in front of the National Security Bureau, and arrived to find a tour bus and overturned motorcycle in the middle of the road and a van crashed on the shoulder.

Investigators believe the van was traveling downhill on the mountain road when it suffered a brake malfunction, causing it to ram the motorcycle in front into a tour bus, before swerving into trees on the roadside.    [FULL  STORY]

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