A 76-year-old woman who caused a fatal car crash in Tainan yesterday has been released on bail on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, the city's prosecutors' office said today.
Tainan District Prosecutors' Office spokesperson Tsai Tsung-sheng (蔡宗聖) said that prosecutors would conduct an autopsy later in the day on the male cyclist who was killed in the crash.
Photo: Wang Chung-chung, Taipei Times
The driver, surnamed Liu (劉), was released on NT$100,000 bail after questioning, Tsai said.
Yesterday, a cyclist in his 70s was killed after being struck by a car driven by Liu.
Yen Jia-liang (顏嘉良), a deputy director of the Tainan Police Department's First Precinct, told reporters that the accident happened about 1pm on Dasyue Road near Shengli Road in the city's East District (東區).
Liu first struck two cars waiting at a red light, then hit a bicycle at the intersection.
She continued into the opposite lane, collided with another car and finally came to a stop after knocking over a row of parked scooters, damaging a total of 29 vehicles.
The Tainan Fire Bureau said it received a report of the accident at 1:46pm.
When responders arrived, they found the male cyclist in cardiac arrest. He was taken to a hospital, but could not be revived.
A male and a female scooter rider were also taken to a hospital for their injuries.
A breathalyzer test at the scene showed no signs of alcohol, and a preliminary investigation suggests the crash was caused by negligence, Yen said.
Tainan police added they are not ruling out the possibility that Liu may have accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brakes when approaching the red light.
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