A nurse in Taichung was crushed to death by a Mercedes-Benz. The man responsible for the accident said he was targeted and detained.

A nurse surnamed Chen (38 years old) in Taichung was crossing the road on Liuchuan East Road in the Western District at around 1 o'clock yesterday morning when she was hit by a man driving a Mercedes-Benz, Lin Youjia (30 years old). Not only did Lin not stop and take him to the hospital after the accident, he also turned around at the intersection ahead, drove back and was crushed again, causing Chen's head to be ruptured and died tragically on the spot. After the investigation, the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office requested the court to detain Mr. Lin. The Taichung District Court stated that Mr. Lin committed the case because he "felt that he was being targeted." Since the crime was serious and he was in danger of fleeing, the Taichung District Court ruled that Mr. Lin should be detained without detainment.

This horrific car accident occurred at about 1:10 a.m. yesterday. When Lin Youjia (30 years old) was driving a Mercedes-Benz car on Yanagawa East Road, a nurse surnamed Chen (30 years old) was about to walk across the road when she was hit by Lin's car. Chen Nv. The car got stuck on the hood and then fell to the ground. Mr. Lin did not stop to help send him to the hospital. Instead, he drove to the Minzu intersection ahead and turned around. Then he turned around and drove in the original direction and ran over Ms. Chen again. The car also vibrated violently due to the crushing of people and then hit and run.

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After receiving the report, the police arrived at the scene and found that Ms. Chen died on the spot with a broken head. They immediately checked the monitor to find out the car registration of Mr. Lin who was responsible for the accident, and called him. Mr. Lin knew that he would not escape justice. It was more than 2 hours after the accident, at about 3:30 in the morning, that the Mercedes-Benz involved in the accident arrived at the police station and surrendered.

After an investigation yesterday, the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office found that Lin was involved in a serious homicide, and that he was at risk of fleeing, destroying evidence or colluding with witnesses, and committing the same crime repeatedly, and applied to the court for a detention ban.

The Taichung District Court stated that Mr. Lin was involved in a serious crime of homicide. He committed a felony with the lightest sentence of more than 10 years. After considering the crime, he fled the scene and had the fact of fleeing. He had no grudges with the victim. However, he rammed and ran over Ms. Chen to death with a car, which was a serious crime.

The Taichung District Court stated that Lin committed the case because he "felt targeted" and that the defendant was at risk of committing the same crime repeatedly. After considering the severity of the crime and the possibility of committing it again in the future, it was determined that detention was not enough to ensure future investigations and trials, and detention was necessary. The order ordered him to be detained for two months starting from September 8, 2026.

As for the prosecutor's request to prohibit interviews and correspondence with Mr. Lin, considering that he has confessed to all crimes and the prosecutor has collected complete evidence, even if Mr. Lin's mental condition makes it necessary to summon experts and witnesses, since it is impossible to foresee who the prosecutor will interrogate and it is difficult to believe that there is a risk of collusion or destruction of evidence, there is no need to prohibit interviews or correspondence.