COMPENSATION: TIPC said it would give NT$5 million to the families of each fisher who died, while the people who were hurt would receive NT$10,000 to NT$36,000
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 03, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Three more bodies of migrant fishers missing after the Nanfangao Bridge (南方澳橋) collapsed on
People cast ghost money into the Nanfangao fishing harbor in Yilan County’s Suao Township yesterday as they mourn the deaths of migrant fishers after the collapse of Nanfangao Bridge on Tuesday.
Photo: Chiang Chih-hsiung, Taipei Times
Two bodies were recovered from the waters near the collapsed bridge in Suao Township (蘇澳) at about 11pm on Tuesday, the Yilan Fire Bureau said in a statement.
A third body was found at about 1am yesterday, the fourth at 8:40am and the fifth at 2:27pm, it said.
The victims were identified as 29-year-old Wartono, 32-year-old Ersona and 28-year-old Mohamad Domir, all Indonesians, and two Filipinos, 44-year-old Andree Serencio Abregana and 46-year-old George Impang, the Yilan Emergency Operation Center said. [FULL STORY]
