Taiwan No. 84 sedan was suspected of being involved in a reverse-vehicle collision, causing one death and one injury. The National Disaster Prevention and Control also issued an alert.

The car was suspected of colliding with a connecting vehicle traveling in the opposite direction on Provincial Highway 84. The female driver died on the spot. (provided by the public)

A traffic accident occurred early this morning on the Xiaying section of Tainan's East-West Expressway on Route 84 when a car collided with a coupling vehicle. Due to the force of the collision, the 38-year-old female driver surnamed Hong of the car was trapped and died on the spot after being rescued. The 42-year-old male driver of the coupling vehicle surnamed Chen was also injured. A preliminary investigation by the Madou Police Station revealed that the car was suspected of going in the opposite direction and collided with the coupling vehicle. The exact cause of the accident is still being clarified. During the handling of the accident, LINE of the National Disaster Prevention and Rescue Technology Center even issued an emergency road closure message.

Fifteen kilometers east of Provincial Highway 84, a coupling vehicle drove from west to east in the inside lane this morning and collided head-on with a car traveling in the opposite direction from east to west. The car was severely twisted and deformed, overturned in the inside lane, and the driver was trapped. The Nanshi Fire Department received a report at about 2:40 in the morning, and immediately dispatched 6 vehicles and 14 people to the scene for rescue.

The car was suspected of rolling over after the collision, causing parts to scatter on the ground. The fire brigade used sabotage equipment and spent about an hour to rescue the female driver who was trapped in the deformed car body. However, she was obviously dead. The driver of the hybrid car suffered a laceration on her forehead and chest tightness, but was conscious and was sent to Madou Xinlou Hospital. Both drivers' licenses were normal and Chen Nan's alcohol test was 0. The National Disaster Prevention Technology Center's LINE issued a road closure alert and called on passers-by to change routes.

The car was suspected of colliding with a connecting vehicle traveling in the opposite direction on Provincial Highway 84. The fire brigade and police station went all out to rescue the car. (provided by the public)