On October 12, 2023, at 10:44 A.M., a commercial freight tractor operated by Chang Hong Transportation Co., Ltd., carrying a sodium hypochlorite tanker trailer, overturned on Provincial Highways No.2 eastbound toward Yilan at the 102.2 km, resulting in a sodium hypochlorite spill. The driver suffered a fatal injury in this occurrence.

The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) received the notification at 12:38 P.M. on the same day and immediately dispatched an On-Scene team to the scene to perform a vehicle inspection and collect relevant information. The TTSB identified that this event was a major highway occurrence per the Transportation Occurrence Investigation Act. The Investigator-In-Charge was assigned, and an investigation team was launched to conduct the investigation.

Further information and the progress of the investigation for the case will be published on the TTSB website.

Vivi Yang, Secretariat Office

Tel: +886-2-7727-6217

E-mail: viviy2314@ttsb.gov.tw

Jen-Sung Tseng, Chief Investigator

Highway Occurrence Investigation Division

Tel: +886-2-7727-6270

E-mail: jstseng@ttsb.gov.tw