China News Service, April 8. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report, on the evening of the 7th, a car flew over a one-meter-high fence at high speed in Shuixiang Township, Chiayi, Taiwan, rushed into the railroad tracks and collided with the Taiwan Railway Express.
The accident killed the driver of the car at the scene.
According to the description of the train conductor of the Taiwan Railway, at that time, the train was about to pass through the level crossing of the 275-kilometer water section of the Taiwan Line when a black car flew over the fence and crashed directly into the rails. The trains of the Taiwan Railways that are about to drive are facing each other.
However, the shuttle bus was already dozens of meters away from the car at that time, and the driver could not react at all. Even if he braked immediately, he could only hit the car in an instant, causing the death of the 40-year-old car driver surnamed Su.
Due to the huge impact force, the car body was deformed and twisted, and it was rolled into a mass of scrap metal.
According to the investigation, a man surnamed Su in Tainan drove out to Chiayi City by himself at around 11 pm on the 7th. He went north along the Taiwan line for about 257 kilometers. He flew over the 1-meter-high railway guardrail after hitting a roadside tree to avoid a slewing car. , fell on the railway track, and collided with the oncoming train of the Southbound Taiwan Railway.
At the time of the incident, there were about 30 passengers on the train, and Taiwan Railways dispatched a local train to connect the passengers to Chiayi Station for rescue.