Local residents raise water buffalo in fields lining Provincial Highway No. 11 in Taitung County, posing danger to road users
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/17
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(By Central News Agency)
A witness said he was driving on the coastal Provincial Highway No. 11 sometime after 8 p.m. when the vehicle in front of him suddenly stopped, so he braked and stopped his own car. He then stepped out to ask what had just happened. As he was walking towards the car, he saw a scooter and woman lying on the highway, according to CNA. The driver of the other vehicle told him that the female motorcyclist had "just hit a water buffalo,” the news outlet reported.
A passerby called authorities to report the accident. The driver of the car in front performed CPR on the unconscious woman according to instructions given by the fire department via cell phone until an ambulance arrived and rushed the victim to a local hospital. However, the hospital pronounced the woman dead later that night, CNA reported.
Some local residents raise water buffalo in the fields lining Provincial Highway No. 11, and there have been multiple incidences of vehicles hitting the animals in the past, the news outlet reported. In the previous two cases, the car of one frightened motorist was dented and damaged, and in the other case, a water buffalo was killed, according to CNA. [FULL STORY]
