Expat English teacher’s legs are crushed after elderly driver loses control of car in Keelung
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/26
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An expat English teacher suffered severe injuries after a black
Scene of crash at 7-Eleven in Keelung. (Image by Facebook group 爆料公社)
sedan suddenly accelerated out of a parking lot and smashed into his legs while he stood in front of a 7-Eleven in Keelung on Sunday (Dec. 24).
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, as a 24-year-old English cram school teacher, identified as Darro Jonas Adam, was waiting for a friend, a black sedan suddenly sped straight into him, crushing his legs against a pillar of a 7-Eleven he was standing under, reported Apple Daily.
The 70-year-old man behind the wheel of the sedan, surnamed Chou, was pulling out of the parking lot of Keelung Hospital Ministry of Health and Welfare, when instead of turning left onto the road, dashcam footage shows his vehicle suddenly accelerating straight forward and colliding directly with Adam, who was looking upward and did not see the vehicle in time to dodge it.
The force of the impact was such that both front passenger airbags deployed and Adam was pinned between the vehicle and the pillar behind him. A dozen bystanders, including a 7-Eleven employee, instantly rushed to the scene and teamed up to push the vehicle away from the injured man. [FULL STORY]