Ja La Da 279-VV Occurrence
Description
On July 22, 2020, a Class A operating tour bus (hereafter “the occurrence bus”), plate number 279-VV, of Jialeda Transportation Co. Ltd. was used for a 1-day bus tour in Taiping Mountain, Yilan, provided by Youshanwanshui Travel Agency. At 0825:36, the occurrence bus crashed into the rear of a bus from Capital Bus driving in front of it in the same lane at the 12.2 km marker on Southbound National Freeway No. 3, causing the Capital Bus to crash into the rear of the private passenger car in front of it then push forward and hit a private light truck. This event caused the death of one tour escort on the occurrence bus; injured 19 passengers; and damaged 2 operating tour buses, 1 private passenger car, and 1 private light truck.