Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/27
By: Wang Hung-kuo and Ko Lin 

Taipei, May 27 (CNA) A driver who ran out of gas on a freeway in New Taipei died after he was struck twice by passing vehicles after running to the middle of the freeway to seek help, police said Monday.

The incident took place in the early hours of Monday morning on the southbound section of the Wuyang Elevated Freeway that connects Wugu District in New Taipei and Yangmei in Taoyuan.

According to police, the driver stopped on the freeway shoulder after running out of gas but then inexplicably ran to the middle of the roadway, into oncoming traffic, hoping to get help.

The victim’s wife, who remained in the passenger seat, told police after the incident that her husband wanted to try and stop a passing vehicle to borrow some gas, after placing an emergency triangle behind his car.    [FULL  STORY]