Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/11
By: Hsiao Po-yang and Kuo Chung-han
Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) A 46-meter tall Formosan cypress in Xitou Nature Education Area crashed to
(Photo courtesy of National Taiwan University Experimental Forest Administration)
the ground Sunday, injuring three people, Nantou County firefighters said.
The three people were all taken to Chu Shang Show Chwan Hospital in the neighboring Zhushan Township, where one of them was diagnosed with a spinal injury, fractured ribs, and a ruptured kidney and spleen, firefighters said.
The 49-year-old woman, surnamed Chen, was later transferred to Changhua Christian Hospital, the rescue workers said.
The other two — a 68-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man – sustained only minor injuries, the firefighters said.
The man, surnamed Chou, said he was visiting Xitou for the first time with a tour group that was admiring the giant cypress tree. [FULL STORY]
