On October 21, 2023, at 09:49 A.M., a commercial motor carrier operated by Chien Chuan Transportation Ltd. collided with a passenger vehicle and hit the roadside wall at southbound 263.8 km of National Freeway No. 3. Four occupants died and 22 passengers sustained injuries in this occurrence.

The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) received the notification at 10:09 A.M. on the same day and identified that this event was a major highway occurrence per the Transportation Occurrence Investigation Act. The Investigator-In-Charge was assigned and immediately dispatched a Go Team of 6 investigators to the scene to perform a vehicle inspection and collect relevant information.

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