Source: Taiwan Strait Network
Taiwan Strait Network March 17 reported that Taiwan media reported on March 16 that at around 4 pm on the 16th, a tour bus hit a mountain wall accident in the Dongao section of Suhua Highway, Yilan , Suhua Highway, causing major casualties. As of 8 p.m. on the 16th, 6 people have been killed and 39 people have been seriously injured. The driver of the tour bus caused the accident was injured in the car accident. He told the search and rescue personnel that the accident was suspected to have caused the accident. However, one passenger who was injured and rescued pointed out that the car bus was passing a mountain when the accident occurred and the car accident was extremely fast, and the car accident happened soon.
According to Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network, the traffic accident occurred in the Suao section of the 115-kilometer Suhua Highway Platform 9. The passengers and drivers on the accident bus had a total of 45 passengers and drivers. Most of the passengers were villagers from the Xindian Fuxingli in New Taipei Xindian. The photo was contracted by Haosi Travel Agency and took three tour buses from Tenglong Tour Company. The village chief Liu Hongzhu led a team to Hualien for a 2-day and 1-night trip. It is expected to return to Taipei from Hualien via Yilan on the 16th, but unexpectedly, a major car accident occurred on the road.
Liu Hongzhu said that the vehicle that had an accident was the last of the three outings. Because the incident happened too suddenly, she didn't know why the tour bus broke out of control and hit the mountain.
49-year-old driver named You was injured in a car accident, but he was aware of it. The driver pointed out that after the return journey, he found that he could not step on the brakes, so he hit the mountain wall. However, according to an old man who was sent to the hospital for treatment, he was sitting in the fifth row and felt that the mountain road was driving abnormally. When he passed the first turn, he felt that the car was very fast. After two turns, he had to pass the third turn, the vehicle lost control and hit the mountain wall.
Another media reported that when the tour bus reached the section where the incident occurred, it was suspected that there was no brake. It directly hit the mountain wall and then bounced back and hit the guardrail. Due to the huge impact force, the body of the tour bus broke into a big hole and the glass was shattered. Some of the injured passengers sat on the ground waiting for rescue with blood on their faces.
At present, the injured are fully treating the injured, and the cause of the accident remains to be investigated.
