Unlicensed bus driver carrying group of 15 tumbles off highway
Unlicensed bus driver carrying group of 15 tumbles off highway
2026-06-08
A midibus driven by an unlicensed operator had tumbled Sunday evening while descending Hehuanshan’s North Peak. The group of 15 tourists from the Philippines and the driver sustained injuries after the bus tumbled 2m down the side slope of a hairpin bend amid the heavy rain. Of the two most severe cases, one had intracranial hemorrhage, while the other had pelvic fractures. The unlicensed driver was a freelancer registered on a contractual basis with a bus operator, on whom the police are now pursuing legal action.
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Emergency personnel pull the injured people up along the side slope. One had injuries to the head, while another had bone fractures. Others sustained relatively minor injuries.
- Are they out here for leisure or something else?
- To hike, and to see high mountain rhododendrons.
The incident took place on Wushe Township section of Provincial Highway 14 Sunday evening. A group of 15 tourists from the Philippines had traveled to Hehuanshan North Peak on a midibus. During the descent, the bus slipped on a turn and tumbled 2m down the side slope. All 15, plus a Taiwanese driver sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Chen Chong-ming
Puli Christian Hospital
The one that was sent to the ICU had intracranial hemorrhage, but not much bleeding. We’re monitoring the conditions, but for now there’s no need for surgery. The other patient has pelvic fractures, which requires surgery, but we’ll have to wait another day or two.
From an aerial view, the vehicle can be seen to have landed up-side-down, while the front end was left deformed from the impact. It had fallen along a hairpin turn. Was it because the driver was unfamiliar with the road conditions?
Cheng An-shun
Central Region Branch Office, Highway Bureau
The road was slippery because it was raining heavily, and the driver was too fast while making the turn on a downward slope, so the vehicle tumbled.
The police later found that the driver, a 42-year-old man surnamed Chang, only had a regular driver’s license. Worse, it had been invalidated. He does not have a professional large vehicle license. The offense is fineable by up to NT$80,000 on both the vehicle’s owner and the driver, with the vehicle confiscated on the spot.
Shih Chao-chen
Renai Precinct, Nantou County Police
Our investigation found that the driver surnamed Chang was not driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. However, he is not a holder of a license of business
large passenger vehicle. Therefore, the police will pursue criminal action according to law.
Bus operator
Contracted with driver
The vehicle is registered with us on a contractual basis by a freelance operator. We’re still investigating the matter. We did arrive to inspect the scene at the time of the incident.
Our reporter went to the bus operator location in Hsinchu’s Hukou Township. The owner only told us that Chang is an individual operator registered with them on contract, and said nothing about him being unlicensed.
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案外案! 菲團翻落霧社邊坡16傷 司機涉無照駕駛
2026-06-08
南投縣仁愛鄉，台14線霧社路段，7日傍晚，一個由15名菲律賓籍遊客組成的旅遊團，在合歡北峰賞完高山杜鵑，下山途中，搭乘的中巴，翻落大約2公尺深邊坡，造成連同台籍司機在內，一共16人輕重傷。警方追查後發現，肇事司機，竟然涉及無照駕駛，已被警方告發。
-91到達現場，請回報甚麼狀況
救護車奔往車禍現場，119指揮中心，要求人員盡快掌握受傷人數，看看是否需要加派車輛?
-現場有多少人受困，麻煩請看一下現場狀況，再連絡，再回報”
救護人員從邊坡，把傷者拉上來，第一位頭部受傷，第二位有骨折狀況，其他人傷勢比較輕微。
- 他們是來玩的嗎，還是怎麼樣
- 來爬山，來看那個高山杜鵑
台14線埔霧公路79K，霧社路段，7日傍晚，一個15人菲律賓籍旅遊團到合歡北峰遊玩，沒想到下山時，中巴在一個轉彎處，車子翻落兩公尺深的邊坡，15名外籍遊客、連同一名台籍司機，共16人受傷送醫。
[[埔里基督教醫院急診科主任 陳重銘]]
“進入加護病房那一位的話，顱內出血，他的出血不多，可以觀察，那目前不需要手術。另外那一位的話是骨盆骨折，那要手術的，但是要等個一兩天”
透過空拍畫面看，肇事中巴四輪朝天，車體前半部撞到扭曲變形。發生事故點，有一個幾乎是180度的大轉彎，是否因為司機不熟路況，因此肇禍?
[[公路總局埔里工務段長 鄭安順]]
“因為駕駛，他天雨路滑，在這個下坡陡彎處，他自己車速過快啦，那導致車輛有這個翻覆的一個現象”
警方調查後卻發現，42歲的張姓司機，只持有普通自小客駕照，而且駕照還被註銷，根本沒有職業大客車駕照，無照駕駛大客車，最重可處汽車所有人，以及駕駛人，各8萬元罰鍰，並當場扣車。
[[南投仁愛分局副分局長 施朝軫]]
“經調查，張姓駕駛無毒駕及酒精濃度反應，惟未持有營業大客車駕駛執照，警方將依法告發”
[[車行業者]]
“這台車子是靠行車，那我們還在做所有了解狀況，那當下我們是有過去看”
記者實地來到車行，位在新竹縣湖口鄉，業者只說，張姓司機是靠行的，至於司機無照狀況，業者沒有說明。
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