Gourd drops from rooftop onto scooter in Taichung
Gourd drops from rooftop onto scooter in Taichung
2025-06-19
While waiting at a red light one day on Taichung’s Xitun Road, a scooter driver and passenger were struck by a bottle gourd falling from the sky. The entire scene was recorded by the vehicle behind them. Our reporter visited the site of the incident and found that the gourd in question likely came from the roof of a nearby building. Police said that if it was thrown deliberately, the culprit could be criminally liable for injury and damages.
A scooter is stopped at a light on Xitun Road near Fengjia Market in Taichung. If you look closely, you can see something falling.
A bottle gourd drops from the sky, seemingly hitting the riders before rolling along the road. A man walks over and picks it up. But isn’t it a little ridiculous for a gourd to randomly fall from the sky?
Member of public
Incidents like this just happen.
Member of public
It’s dangerous. Really dangerous.
Traffic along Xitun Road Section 2 is always busy. So where did the gourd come from? It seemed to have fallen from the rooftop garden of a nearby building. We even caught it on camera. You can see many other gourds hanging from the trees, and even the apparent owner.
Garden owner
If they were hit, we’d have to compensate, but I didn’t see anyone. It hasn’t been harvested yet. How could I know?
The gourd fell from a rooftop and nearly struck some motorcyclists. Good thing they were wearing helmets, or it could have been bad.
Lee Chien-wei
Xitun police station chief
We haven’t received any reports about this kind of incident. If someone throws an object that harms a person or property, they might face criminal liability for injury or damages.
There’s nothing wrong with planting a rooftop garden. But gardeners need to be careful to check if anything might fall and prune regularly to avoid causing a disaster.
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幸好有安全帽保命 "天降蒲瓜"狠砸雙載機車騎士
2025-06-19
台中有機車騎士，騎車行經西屯路停燈紅燈時，被一顆從天而降的蒲瓜砸到，畫面都被後方行車紀錄器拍了下來。記者重回現場，發現掉落的蒲瓜，疑似是從民宅頂樓掉落下來，警方表示，如果是有人蓄意丟擲，恐怕會涉及傷害及毀損刑責。
機車騎士騎到西屯路逢甲商圈附近停等紅燈，仔細看，什麼東西，掉下來了。
一顆蒲瓜從天而降，疑似還砸到機車騎士，再滾落到馬路上，一名阿伯走到路上把這顆大蒲瓜撿起來，天降蒲瓜，會不會太誇張啊。
[[民眾]]
“意外就是這樣發生的”
[[民眾]]
“那很危險，真的很危險”
台中西屯路二段上，車流量非常大，蒲瓜到底從哪來的，疑似從民宅頂樓的空中花園掉落，鏡頭也捕捉到，空中小花園還有種植其他瓜類結實纍纍，疑似蒲瓜的主人也現身。
[[蒲瓜主人]]
“有砸到我們也要賠，但就沒看到人啊，就還沒收(成)，就這樣了，我怎麼知道”
蒲瓜從頂樓掉落，還險些砸到機車騎士，好險騎士們都有戴安全帽，否則後果不堪設想。
[[第六分局西屯派出所所長 李健瑋]]
“本所尚未接獲相關報案，民眾如隨意拋擲物品，造成人員或財物損傷，將可能面臨刑法傷害或毀損罪責”
綠化民宅頂樓無可厚非，但也得注意，種植的植物有無掉落可能性，還是得定期巡查修剪查看，別讓禍從天降，傷及無辜。
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