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At 22:15 on September 29, 2020, a tractor truck owned by Gaoqi Express Co., Ltd., which was towing a hydrogen tank semitrailer, departed from the Guanying Factory (located in Taoyuan) of Linde Lienhwa Industrial Gases Co., Ltd. for Tree Valley Park (located in Tainan). At 0013:19 on the following day, the truck overturned while traveling at 87 km/h when it exited from the southbound ramp of Changhua System Interchange (sta. 196k) of National Freeway 3. Both the tractor and its semi-trailer overturned, resulting in the hydrogen tank falling over the ramp and starting a fire beneath it. The driver of the truck fell next to the hydrogen tank and was dead when found.