One person was killed and three hospitalized after a pile-up involving nine vehicles on a southbound section of National Freeway No. 1, police said Wednesday.
The nine-vehicle crash occurred at around 10 a.m. on the southbound section of the freeway at the 373.1 kilometer marker, leaving four motorists injured who were rushed to hospitals, according to police.
One of the injured, a 47-year-old man surnamed Wu (?), suffered from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), meaning he stopped breathing and had no heartbeat before arriving at the hospital.
Wu was declared dead by doctors at around noon, while a man in his 40s who had no obvious lacerations and two women who experienced chest pain were sent to three different hospitals.
According to an initial investigation, the crash was apparently caused by a 29-year-old truck driver who hit the vehicle in front of him, causing a knock-on effect that resulted in the pile-up, police said.
Another car traveling in the opposite direction was hit by flying debris from the accident, police added.
Traffic returned to normal after the southbound freeway lanes were fully reopened at 12:17 p.m., police added.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, they said.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel