
Residents on Miaoli’s Shuimei Street got a fright on Friday morning, after a big truck broke down on their road, filling it with thick smoke. The truck had been transporting silica sand to Taichung port, when it suddenly broke down. It emitted a plume of white smoke that lingered and greatly reduced visibility on the road, while raising concerns of an explosion. Locals fled the scene as quickly as possible and called the police to the area.
Voice of local
Witnessed the scene
The wind was blowing from the south, so the smoke didn’t drift over here. It happened at the entrance to that garage.
Ku Chia-jung
Police officer
Fortunately, the malfunction didn’t affect any passersby. The driver tested negative for alcohol, and the cause of the incident is under investigation.
It is thought that the truck’s turbocharger malfunctioned due to an oil leak. Once it came into contact with high temperatures, the oil vaporized and burned, producing a thick smoke that was let out via the exhaust pipe. Police and firefighters arrived at the scene to direct traffic while the truck blocked the road. It was repaired two hours after the breakdown and traffic returned to normal. The driver tested negative for alcohol, and fortunately no other road users were impacted.
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苗栗三義鄉水美街,5日上午,一輛曳引車載運矽砂前往台中港,途中突然渦輪故障,瞬間噴發大量白煙,瀰漫整條道路,恐怖場景,嚇得其他駕駛與附近民眾紛紛閃避,民眾擔心爆炸,趕緊報警。
[[聲音來源:附近民眾]]
“剛好吹南風,其實那個煙都沒有,飄過來,他的位置好像在,那個車庫門口那裡”
[[苗栗分局警備隊副隊長 古家榮]]
“所幸事故未波及路過民眾,駕駛經酒測無飲酒情形,詳細事故原因,尚待調查釐清”
渦輪增壓器故障,主要原因是機油滲漏,機油在高溫下氣化燃燒,從排氣管排出形成濃煙。警消獲報到場,進行交通疏導,約兩小時後故障車輛順利排除,交通恢復正常。駕駛酒測值為零,所幸整起事件沒有波及其他用路人。
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