2018-04-02 15:42 | CCTV News Client
At around 4 pm on March 31, a tour bus carrying 38 mainland tourists encountered a car accident in southern Taiwan. The tour bus collided with the oncoming truck, causing minor injuries to the Taiwanese tour guide and truck driver on the tour bus. The 38 mainland tourists were not seriously injured, but were quite frightened.
The driving recorder of the vehicle behind the tour bus captured the situation at the time of the incident. When the tour bus passed through the 9th line of Tai, it encountered a truck that was opposite the lane and rushed straight over the double yellow line. The driver of the tour bus urgently avoided it, collided with the truck and slid into the drainage ditch, leaned against the mountain wall, and the window glass in front was broken. The police conducted preliminary investigation and found that the cause of the accident was caused by improper overtaking on the curve by large trucks.
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In recent times, Taiwan tour bus accidents have occurred frequently.
Overseas Network earlier reported that at around 9 a.m. on March 27, a tour bus caught fire in the section of Miaoli , , Taiwan Provincial Highway 1. When a tour bus carrying 19 mainland passengers was driving, the tire suddenly exploded with thick smoke. When the driver found out, he quickly parked the car on the side of the road and used a fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire. No casualties were caused by the fire.
Alishan Highway 78.9 kilometers was located on March 28. It was also reported that a land-based tour bus was hit by a rock in the windshield. Fortunately, no casualties were found. The driver surnamed single took the tourists to Alishan Forest Amusement Area and drove to the police to report the case.
The mainstream public opinion on the island believes that the frequent occurrence of tourist bus accidents is mainly due to the long-term poor economic prosperity of Taiwan, which has led to a relatively backward state in many infrastructure construction, and the hardware conditions cannot meet the current development needs of the tourism industry.
(Original title: "Thrilling! Mainland tourists encounter a car accident in Taiwan, but fortunately the tourists are fine." Editor Chen Ying)
