Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/24
By: Chiu Chun-chin and Ko Lin

Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) Three people, including two volunteer street cleaners, were pronounced dead at local hospitals in Taoyuan on Saturday morning after a drunken truck driver plowed into them and four other parked cars.

The deadly accident took place on Dazhu Road near a public park in Luzhu District, the city's Fire Department said.

Eight ambulances were immediately deployed to the scene after it received an emergency call at 6:41 a.m.

According to the Luzhu Precinct of the Taoyuan Police Department, the driver was a 26-year old man, who later took a breathalyzer test and had a blood alcohol content of 0.64 mg/l, more than four times the legal limit of 0.15 mg/l.    [FULL  STORY]