Taiwan English News
Date: December 15, 2018
By:Phillip Charlier

A 17-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man died at the scene of an accident in Chiayi City this morning after a 17-year-old unlicensed driver lost control of his vehicle at high speed, and bowled over a scooter rider before slamming into a building.

Three teenagers were traveling in the car after completing night classes and going out to eat. At around 12:45am, the driver of the car, named Zhuang, was obviously speeding in the 50 kilometer per hour speed limited zone when a 62-year-old man named Weng, riding a scooter, pulled out into the road from a side street, oblivious to oncoming traffic.

Traffic surveillance footage revealed that Zhuang hit the brakes in an attempt to avoid hitting Mr Weng, sending the car drifting sideways almost 180 degrees, narrowly missing the scooter before crossing the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic and hitting a 28-year-old scooter rider named Hsieh.

Zhuang’s car then slammed into a restaurant, bounced off the wall, and landed on its roof. A 17-year-old female high-school student named Zhong, who was sitting in the back seat of Zhuang’s car was thrown out of the vehicle on impact, and lost vital signs at the scene of the accident. Zhong was later declared dead at the hospital, while Hsieh, who was thrown several meters into the air on impact, was obviously dead at the scene.
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