One person was killed and 14 were injured when a large truck accidentally entered a culvert with a high limit and his head was beheaded.

A large truck mistakenly ran into a height-limited culvert in the slow lane of the water pipe road in Renwu District and was beheaded. (Photo by reporter Hong Dinghong)

The culvert in the slow lane of the Water Pipeline Road in Renwu District, Kaohsiung City has a height limit of 2 meters. On the evening of March 20, 2024, a tour bus accidentally entered the culvert, resulting in a tragedy of 1 death and 14 injuries. Unexpectedly, a large truck accidentally entered the "Beheaded" last night and got stuck in the culvert. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Kaohsiung police pointed out that at around 6 p.m. on November 11, a traffic accident occurred in the east slow lane of the Water Pipe Road in Renwu District (the culvert under the National 1 Bridge) with a large truck stuck in a culvert. Mr. Cai was driving east along the Water Pipe Road. He was suspected of being unfamiliar with the road conditions and not paying attention to the height limit of the culvert, resulting in him being trapped and unable to drive.

The police stated that Mr. Cai was not drunk driving and no one was injured. He caused an accident because he did not follow the instructions of the height limit sign. He was fined 900 yuan to 1,800 yuan. The detailed cause of the accident still needs to be further clarified.

Netizens left comments questioning, "Is the driver tired? Do you think the height limit of 2.0 is 3.5?" and suggested that "the motorcycle lane should be widened and dug deeper to raise the height of the lane" and "20 meters ahead, make a height test frame first."