Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/20
By: Tyson Lu and Ko Lin

Photo courtesy of the Xincheng Precinct of the Hualien County Police Department

Taipei, April 20 (CNA) A tour bus carrying more than a dozen passengers was hit by a rock slide on the mountain roads of Taroko National Park in Hualien County on Saturday, injuring a South Korean tourist.

The incident occurred near the scenic Jiuqudong Trail (Tunnel of Nine Turns) at around 2 p.m., when a rock roughly 50 centimeters in diameter fell through the roof of the bus and landed on the right foot of a female passenger.

The bus was carrying 14 tourists from South Korea at the time.

The victim was treated at a local hospital in Hualien, the Xincheng Precinct of the Hualien County Police Department said.    [FULL  STORY]