Three die in rear-end collision

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Three die in rear-end collision

2015/05/04 23:03:34

Taipei, May 4 (CNA) Three people died and five were injured when a trailer that may have suffered from brake failure hit a total of 26 vehicles and motorcycles in Taichung on Monday.

Firefighters said the trailer was driving down a hill in Shalu District at 6 p.m. when it hit 17 small passenger cars, seven motorcycles and another two trailers. Two people died on the spot and five were injured.

A seriously injured woman died later in the hospital.

(By Liao Jen-kai, Hsiao Po-yang and Lilian Wu)