Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/19
By: Cheng Che-fon and Jay Chen
Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) The death toll of an accident involving an Army tank earlier this
Investigation at the scene of the crash
week has risen to four with the death of Lt. Wu Te-wei (吳得瑋), the tank commander, Kaohsiung Armed Services General Hospital said early Friday.
Wu died of multiple organ failure late Thursday night and was pronounced dead in the presence of his family and girlfriend, the hospital said. He was 25.
The officer had been kept on life support since Tuesday, when he was pulled from his overturned CM-11 tank that crashed into a swollen river in rural Pingtung County, southern Taiwan.
Three other crew members died shortly after the crash of the armored vehicle occurred as it came down a slope. They include non-commissioned officers Chen Shih-kun (陳世坤), Chen Ping-yi (陳秉逸), the gunner, and Pte. Chang Chih-wei (張志偉), the loader. [FULL STORY]
