Drunk Driver Causes Accident in Yilan County 酒駕累犯女撞貨車 欲逃離現場攤商喝斥

A DUI incident happend in Yilan on June 22. The car first hit a truck, flew up and flipped over to the side of the road. One passerby was harmed and sustained head injuiries.The driver had a blood alcohol content of 0.83 percent, and this wasn't her first time driving under the influence of alcohol. 

A woman surnamed Huang had just purchased some fruit and was walking next to a curb. Suddenly, a white car appeared, first hitting a parked pickup truck, then flying up and flipping over. Huang fell to the ground. Fortunately, she only sustained a bruise on her head and her life is not in danger. This incident occurred at 4:11 p.m. on June 22 at the intersection of Sanxing Road Section 1 and Kelin 5th Road in Yilan's Sanxing Township. The person that caused the accident was a 25-year-old woman surnamed Yang who was driving under the influence. Her blood alcohol concentration measured 0.83 percent and she is being investigated for public endangerment.

Li Hsien-chang, Deputy Precinct Chief, Luodong Precinct: “The driver surnamed Yang took a breathalyzer test, and her blood alcohol concentration exceeded the legal limit.”

Eyewitness: “Her head was like this, and she was lying on the ground like this.”

A witness said Yang was completely unaware that she had hit someone, and she was getting her bag and preparing to leave on foot. Luckily, a nearby fruit vendor started berating her, causing her to stay at the scene.

Fruit Vendor: “She didn't know that she had hit someone. She opened her car door, got her bag, and was about to walk away.”

A police investigation found that this was not Yang's first DUI incident. She is unemployed and has previous convictions for public endangerment. She confessed that she drank alcohol and ate at a friend's house on June 22, and claimed that she got behind the wheel to return the car to another friend she borrowed it from.

黃姓婦人買完水果走到路邊，不料一部白色轎車突然衝過來，先撞擊路邊藍色小貨車，再飛起來且側翻，波及黃姓婦人頭部，當場倒地不起，所幸黃婦送醫後僅頭部擦挫傷，沒有生命危險，這起22日下午4時11分，發生在三星路一段與柯林五路路口的車禍，又是酒駕釀禍，肇事的25歲楊姓女駕駛，酒測值高達每公升0.83毫克，遭警方依公共危險罪嫌送辦。

羅東分局副分局長李憲章表示：「楊姓駕駛經實施酒測，酒測值超過法定標準值。」

目擊水果攤商示意傷者倒在路邊，而目擊民眾說，事發後，酒醉的楊女完全不知道自己撞到人，還一度要拿自己車上的包包，準備徒步離開，還好旁邊水果攤商見狀大聲喝斥，楊女才沒有離開。

洪姓水果攤商說：「人下來之後，有給人撞到什麼東西，她自己也不知道，她還開車門，要去拿她的包包，然後就徒步要走。」

據警方調查，這並非楊姓女子第一次酒駕被逮，她無業且有公共危險前科，據楊女供述，他22日是先到三星友人家飲酒、吃飯後，因為所駕駛的白色轎車是向冬山珍珠村友人借來，為了還車，才酒駕開車上路，警方呼籲，酒後駕車嚴重危害自身及他人生命安全，民眾勿存有僥倖心理。