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.
The first of 10 new high-capacity trains purchased from South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem arrived at the Port of Taipei yesterday to meet the demands of an expanding metro network, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) said yesterday. The train completed a three-day, 1,200km voyage from the Port of Masan in South Korea, the company said. Costing NT$590 million (US$18.79 million) each, the new six-carriage trains feature a redesigned interior based on "human-centric" transportation concepts, TRTC said. The design utilizes continuous longitudinal seating to widen the aisles and optimize passenger flow, while also upgrading passenger information displays and driving control systems for a more comfortable
Taiwan's first indigenous defense submarine, the SS-711 Hai Kun (海鯤, or Narwhal), departed for its 13th sea trial at 7am today, marking its seventh submerged test, with delivery to the navy scheduled for July. The outing also marked its first sea deployment since President William Lai (賴清德) boarded the submarine for an inspection on March 19, drawing a crowd of military enthusiasts who gathered to show support. The submarine this morning departed port accompanied by CSBC Corp’s Endeavor Manta (奮進魔鬼魚號) uncrewed surface vessel and a navy M109 assault boat. Amid public interest in key milestones such as torpedo-launching operations and overnight submerged trials,
Quarantine awareness posters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport have gone viral for their use of wordplay. Issued by the airport branch of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, the posters feature sniffer dogs making a range of facial expressions, paired with advisory messages built around homophones. “We update the messages for holidays and campaign needs, periodically refreshing materials to attract people’s attention,” quarantine officials said. “The aim is to use the dogs’ appeal to draw focus to quarantine regulations.” A Japanese traveler visiting Taiwan has posted a photo on X of a poster showing a quarantine dog with a
Taiwan’s coffee community has launched a “one-person-one-e-mail” campaign, calling for people to send a protest-e-mail to the World Coffee Championships (WCC) urging it to redesignate Taiwanese competitors as from “Taiwan,” rather than “Chinese Taipei.” The call followed sudden action last week after the WCC changed all references to Taiwanese competitors from “Taiwan” to “Chinese Taipei,” including recent World Latte Art champion Bala (林紹興), who won the World Latte Art Championship in San Diego earlier this month. When Bala received the trophy, he was referred to as representing Taiwan, as well as in the announcement on the WCC’s Web site, until it
RSS