A family of three from Singapore, who were visiting Taiwan as tourists, sustained injuries following a collision between their van and a white vehicle travelling in the opposite direction in the southeastern county of Taitung on the evening of June 8.
According to The Straits Times, one of the Singaporeans involved in the accident suffered severe injuries along the Chenggong highway. The remaining two individuals from Singapore experienced minor injuries.
Taiwanese media outlet Liberty Times Net reported that moments before the accident, the 22-year-old driver of the white vehicle had been driving against the flow of traffic.
The female driver of the van, aged 37, was unable to react in time, resulting in the white vehicle colliding with her van and injuring her as well as her three Singaporean passengers.
On Thursday, the Taitung County Fire Bureau issued a statement confirming that they received a report at 10.18 pm on Wednesday regarding an accident at the 119 km mark of an expressway in Chenggong.
Upon receiving the report, the fire bureau swiftly dispatched four rescue teams, which consisted of six vehicles and 10 firefighters, to provide assistance at the accident scene.
Tseng Hsiang-jui, the on-site fire bureau commander, stated that upon arrival, the rescue teams observed significant damage to the bumpers of both vehicles.
Both vehicles’ bumpers sustained significant damage, and emergency personnel had to employ hydraulic tools to free the individual trapped in the car. Video footage captured the person expressing pain when being extricated from their trapped position.
Following the accident, all five individuals involved, including both drivers and the Singaporean family, were promptly transported to the hospital for medical treatment.
The male driver of the white vehicle is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to chest contusion and fractures in his left leg, as stated by Taiwanese news outlet TVBS.
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