An 81-year-old man is in hospital following a traffic accident, after he rode his scooter in the wrong direction on a highway Monday morning.
The man, surnamed Lee (黎), rode his scooter onto National Highway No. 1 at the southbound exit for the Taoyuan interchange at around 5:00am, and then rode for approximately 10km in the wrong direction along the highway, police said.
Photo: Lu Yun-feng, Taipei Times
Lee then collided with a car while riding in the inside lane, and fell to the ground sustaining a broken right hand and several contusions, police said. Lee was rushed to the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries in the accident.
The driver of the car had a blood-alcohol level of 0.0mg/l, but Lee could not be tested at the accident site due to his injuries, police said, adding that Lee told police responders that he had ridden onto the highway “by accident.”
Lee would be fined for violating Article 43 of the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例), police said. Lee would also potentially face criminal charges for allegedly endangering public safety, police said, adding that the case would be investigated by district prosecutors.
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