{
  "id": 19060887,
  "title": "Three Singaporeans injured in Taiwan crash after car hits taxi head-on: Reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/three-singaporeans-injured-in-taiwan-crash-after-car-hits-taxi-head",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T01:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/three-singaporeans-injured-in-taiwan-crash-after-car-hits-taxi-head-on-reports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three Singaporean tourists were injured after a taxi they were traveling in was struck head-on by a car in Hualien, Taiwan on November 7th around 2pm. The crash occurred when a car veered across the double yellow lines and collided with the taxi on a bend near the 7km mark of County Road 193. According to ETtoday, the driver of the car was an air force serviceman named Zhuang, traveling with his wife and child to Yilan, about 50km south of Taipei. Both the Singaporean family and the taxi driver were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries such as abrasions and contusions. The collision caused Zhuang's car to overturn, resulting in significant damage to both vehicles. Police investigations confirmed that neither driver was under the influence of alcohol, as confirmed by a saliva test on Zhuang. Taiwanese news outlet Liberty Times speculated that Zhuang may have fallen asleep at the wheel due to fatigue, a theory supported by the Straits Times which noted the Singaporeans were passengers on the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium, which had docked at Hualien Port earlier in the day. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been contacted for further details.",
  "summary": "Seven people in total were hurt, but injuries were not life-threatening.",
  "key_points": [
    "Three Singaporean tourists injured in Taiwan crash",
    "Taxi struck head-on by car near Hualien",
    "Driver Zhuang and passengers taken to hospital"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}