10 Chinese tourists injured in freeway accident in central Taiwan

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10 Chinese tourists injured in freeway accident in central Taiwan

2015/12/14 23:14:13

Photo courtesy of the police

Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) A total of 12 persons, including 10 tourists from mainland China, were injured in a traffic accident involving a tour bus with a group of 26 Chinese tourists on board, two sedans and a gravel truck that happened Monday in a section of the north-south Freeway 1 in central Taiwan, the police said.

The other two injured in the accident are the guide of the group of Chinese tourists and the driver the gravel truck, the police added.

The injured were taken to several hospitals in Taichung City shortly after the accident that occurred on south-bound lanes at 176 kilometers at about 5:46 p.m. and none of the injuries was life-threatening, it said.

All of the 26 Chinese tourists aboard the tour bus involved in the accident come from the province of Jiangxi, according to preliminary investigations by the police.

The police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident.

(By Liao Jen-kai, Chao Li-yen and Romulo Huang)