Taipei Times
Date: Jun 30, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Chiayi District Court yesterday awarded total damages of NT$10.59 million (US$339,663) to nine Chinese tourists who suffered serious injuries in a bus accident in the city three years ago.

In August, 2012, a tour bus crashed into an underpass at the intersection of Boai and Shixian roads in Chiayi City, injuring 20 Chinese passengers, nine seriously.

The nine filed a lawsuit against the travel agency, the tour bus company and a Taiwanese bus driver.

The driver was convicted on charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and sentenced to six months in prison, commutable to a fine.

It was determined that the bus crashed because it entered the underpass at a point that was too low to give clearance.    [FULL  STORY]