Twenty-eight people sustained minor injuries early yesterday after a bus and a heavy truck collided on the northbound section of the Sun Yat-sen Freeway (Freeway No. 1) near the 33.8km mark in New Taipei City’s Wugu District (五股), highway police said.
The crash occurred at 6:52am and blocked traffic until 8am, the National Highway Police Bureau said in a statement.
Police received a report two minutes after the accident, and officers, firefighters and emergency medical teams were immediately dispatched to the scene, it said.
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The bus driver and passengers sustained abrasions and minor injuries to their heads and legs.
All 28 people were taken by ambulance to Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital and Taipei Hospital for treatment, police said, adding that none were in a life-threatening condition.
A preliminary investigation found that the truck driver, a 51-year-old man surnamed Chung (鍾), allegedly failed to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front, swerved into the outer lane before coming to an abrupt stop, causing a bus driven by a 64-year-old man surnamed Liu (劉) to crash into the rear of the truck.
Two lanes were closed after the crash, backing up traffic for about 3km.
Breathalyzer tests for both drivers came back negative, police said.
The freeway was fully reopened by 8:16am, they said.
The cause of the accident is being investigated, police said.
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