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Yesterday around 13:20, a bus carrying mainland tourists had an accident in Miaoli, Taiwan, causing 24 mainland tourists to be injured to varying degrees. In addition, the accident also caused serious injuries to the Taiwanese tour guide and the death of the driver. Currently, the injured have been sent to local hospitals for treatment.
There is news that most of the tourists on the bus are from Wuxi. After preliminary verification by the Wuxi Tourism Bureau, it was confirmed that the tour company was Suzhou Cultural International Travel Service. The 25 tourists were all from Wuxi Shuofang. Except for 2 people who had broken ribs and were undergoing surgery, the rest of the tourists were For minor injuries.
List of injured
Currently, 11 people are estimated to need to be hospitalized:
Toufen Weigong Hospital (3 people: Jin × Hua, Liu × Feng, Xu × Yong)
Miaoli Hospital (7 people: Tang ×, Qian × Hong, Lu × Bao, Chen × Di, Ge × Hua, Zou × Zhen, Pu × Le)
Miaoli Daqian Hospital (1 person: Lin × Jin)
Self-detained in Miaoli Hospital for observation (2 people: Li × Zhen, Li × )
Leave your identity to accompany Gong Hospital (2 people: Lu × Bing, Zou × Hua)
After evaluation, 12 people can be discharged.
Incident/The driver was thrown out of the car and died, and many tourists were trapped in the car.
According to Taiwan media reports, a tour bus carrying many mainland tourists passed the Miaoli section of Taiwan Expressway No. 1 northbound for 129 kilometers at around 1 p.m. At that time, it rolled over the lane for unknown reasons.
The bus was carrying a mainland tour group participating in an eight-day tour around Taiwan. Yesterday was the third day of their trip in Taiwan. The Miaoli County Fire Department in Taiwan stated that there were 25 mainland tourists, 1 mainland tour guide, and 1 Taiwanese driver and tour guide on board.
Local police and firefighters arrived at the scene and found that the outer and inner guardrails had been swept away and destroyed. The scene was in a mess. Passengers fell on the guardrail of the central island, and many people were sitting on the ground waiting for help. The injured passenger was in shock. He said that when the bus was passing through the Miaoli section of National Highway No. 1 of Taiwan Expressway, he felt that the vehicle was making evasive movements. The carriage swayed left and right, and then the body rolled over the lane. The driver and tour guide were thrown out of the bus, and other people were trapped in the bus. , some climbed out on their own.
According to CCTV news, it is known that the Taiwanese driver was thrown to the shoulder of the road and died, and the tour guide was seriously injured. Among the injured tourists, 5 were seriously injured, mostly with intracranial hemorrhage and rib fractures; there were more than 10 patients with minor injuries, including facial abrasions and ankle fractures. The hospital said the oldest injured person was 77 years old and the youngest was 22 years old.
On-site/The bus swayed left and right and rolled over.
A video of the accident on the Internet showed that the road section where the accident occurred was a one-way three-lane road. The tour bus was driving smoothly in the rightmost lane at first, and then suddenly passed the large vehicle in front. , driving towards the middle lane, the vehicle swayed left and right, and swayed rapidly back and forth between the leftmost lane and the middle lane. The vehicle began to lose its center of gravity. After tilting to the left, the front of the car hit the protective wall on the outside of the road, and then fragments of the protective wall and the front of the car were scattered on the ground. After the vehicle fell to the ground, it slid and rotated 180 degrees on the ground before hitting the inner guardrail. A gravel truck had no time to avoid and hit the rear of the tour bus.
reporters learned that after the accident, four people on the bus were thrown out of the bus. The driver of the tour bus showed no signs of life at the scene.
According to CCTV news, after police investigation, the Wuxi mainland tourist group was originally going to the National Palace Museum in Taipei, but the driver of the bus overtook the bus quickly, causing an unstable center of gravity. He lost control and hit the soundproof wall before overturning, causing the gravel truck behind to avoid the collision. The Taiwanese driver surnamed Huang who died had a normal driving license.
The five female passengers suffered minor injuries and were sent to Weigong Memorial Hospital in Toufen City. Most of them suffered contusions or abrasions on their heads, hands and feet. They said that almost all the tourists in the group knew each other. This time they especially avoided the Labor Day holiday crowds. Some families went out or relatives and friends made arrangements to come to Taiwan for sightseeing in advance. The first day was in Qijin, Kaohsiung, the second day we went to Alishan, and the third day we went to Sun Moon Lake in the morning. At around noon, we admired the stone art in Taichung City and had a meal. We were about to go to the Taipei National Palace Museum. Unexpectedly, an accident happened shortly after we got on the national highway.
Verification/25 tourists were all from Shuofang area
Sources said that according to local police investigation, the overturned tour bus was carrying a tour group from Wuxi to Taiwan.
was verified by the Wuxi Tourism Bureau and confirmed that the group organization was Suzhou Cultural International Travel Service and that the 25 tourists were from the Shuofang area of Wuxi.
The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Tourism Bureau said that after understanding the situation with the Suzhou Municipal Tourism Bureau, it was a tour group composed of Suzhou Culture International Tourism Company. At the time of the incident, there were a driver, tour leader, tour guide and 25 mainland tourists (all from Wuxi) on board. Shuofangren). At present, the accident has killed the Taiwanese driver, Suzhou tour leader Tang Lei (female) was seriously injured, two tourists suffered fractures and are undergoing surgery, and other tourists suffered minor injuries to varying degrees. In accordance with the principle of territorial management, the Suzhou Municipal Tourism Bureau has sent personnel to the travel agency to further investigate the relevant situation, and will take the families of the relevant tourists to Taiwan in two days.
has further learned from the Provincial Tourism Bureau and Suzhou Municipal Tourism Bureau: Currently, 25 tourists from Wuxi in Taiwan have been sent to three local hospitals including Miaoli, Toufenweigong, and Miaoli Daqian. Except for 2 people with rib fractures, they were hospitalized. Except for surgery, the other tourists suffered minor injuries. The local travel agency Taiwan Sihe Travel Agency has organized relevant personnel to cooperate with the hospital in the treatment and comfort of injured tourists; the travel agency Suzhou Cultural International Travel Service will also send personnel and relevant family members to Taiwan today and tomorrow to handle related matters.
asked/Why did Wuxi tourists join the Suzhou tour group?
Regarding the question of why tourists from Wuxi want to join a tour group in Suzhou, Wang Yafang, manager of Wuxi CITS Taiwan Department, told reporters that currently only China Travel Service and CITS in Wuxi have the qualifications to organize groups to Taiwan. The price for Wuxi tourists to join a tour group in Suzhou may have something to do with it. Organizing a group in Suzhou Compared with the Wuxi market, the price of traveling to Taiwan is about one to two hundred yuan cheaper per person. Wang Yafang said that Miaoli, where the incident occurred, is located in the northwest of Taiwan, and the tour group may have passed by when visiting the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Wuxi International Travel Service also has three or four tour groups touring Taiwan, and everything is fine. Industry insiders said that the accident was a traffic accident and would not affect travel to Taiwan. Evening News reporter Zhang Qing/text
Inventory of casualties among mainland tourists in Taiwan in recent years
On November 21, 2014, Liang Kaixin, a mainland man, went to Taiwan with his friend surnamed Xiao, and borrowed a Harley-Davidson heavy-duty motorcycle from his friend surnamed Bu in Taiwan. On the highway, he accidentally hit a cat's eye stone while taking a curve on the Beiyi Highway and accidentally crashed his car. He died from his injuries.
● On February 27, 2014, a 69-year-old mainland tourist surnamed Chen who was traveling to Taiwan was riding a boat on the lake in Yuanshan, Yilan. He was suspected of being in a hurry to go ashore to use the toilet. When he stood up on the boat, his center of gravity became unstable, causing the boat to collapse. Capsized and fell into the water. Although the mainland tourist surnamed Chen was wearing a life jacket, his feet were stuck in the boat and he was submerged in the water for more than 20 minutes. He was pronounced dead after rescue efforts.
● On the afternoon of September 19, 2013, a falling rock hit mainland tourists on the Yanzikou Trail in Taroko Park, Hualien, Taiwan. A mother and daughter and a man were hit. The 3-year-old girl was pronounced dead after being sent to the hospital.
● On April 5, 2013, a 53-year-old mainland man surnamed Zhang accidentally fell off the platform while visiting the National Palace Museum in Taipei to take photos with a group. He died of serious injuries after being sent to the hospital.
Learn more about safety
■ Traffic order
It is prohibited to turn right when the red light is on
Taiwan's traffic regulations are slightly different from those in mainland China. The most obvious point is that if there is no special right turn light at the intersection, no vehicle is allowed to turn right when the red light at the intersection is on. On the mainland, it's just the opposite. At this time, any vehicle can turn right.
Slow-speed vehicles must wait for two green lights to turn left.
Motorcycles and bicycles are not allowed to turn left at intersections. When the green light in the direction you are going straight is on, you must first stop in the waiting area in front of the cross lane on your right, then go straight when the cross lane light turns green, and go straight twice to make a left turn.
Cross the road and use the crosswalk, do not run the red light
More and more people are doing this in many cities in mainland China. Don't run the red light when crossing the street, use the crosswalk. The same is true in Taiwan (especially in cities). Even if there are no vehicles passing by, most pedestrians will stand on the sidewalk and wait for the light to turn green before crossing the road at the crosswalk zebra crossing. And various vehicles generally do not stop at crosswalks and zebra crossings when waiting for a green light at an intersection.
■Parking order
If you rent an electric bicycle in Taiwan, please consciously park it neatly when parking.
In unattended parking areas in Taiwan (especially in cities), all motorcycles and electric bicycles are parked very neatly.
■Don’t honk the horn
Motor vehicles in Taiwan do not honk the horn easily. Although there are many motorcycles and cars in Taiwan, you can hardly hear the sound of horns in Taiwan.
After asking Mr. Ou, the station manager of the Taiwan Free Travel Kenting Vehicle Service Station, Mr. Ou replied: "Hunting the horn will make me look embarrassed, so I usually don't honk the horn to urge others, as it will appear that I am not good enough."
This also reminds tourists to consciously abide by traffic order, go their own way, and pay attention to traffic safety.
■Seeking help in Taiwan
I wonder if the police phone number has been this number decades ago. The police phone number in Taiwan is the same as that in mainland China, which is also 110. If you need any help, you can call this number for police or emergency assistance.
Another thing is to ask for help from the people around you. Many Taiwanese people are very helpful. (Comprehensive)
Original title:
Wuxi tourists were involved in a car accident in Taiwan
■ 25 people were from Shuofang
■ The driver died and many people were injured
■ The accident may have been due to rapid overtaking
