A three-year-old girl died and her mother was injured yesterday morning after a vehicle making a left turn collided with them as they crossed an intersection in Tainan’s North District (北區), city authorities said.
The accident occurred as the 38-year-old mother, surnamed Lee (李), and her daughter were crossing Chenggong Road at the Sinyi Road intersection shortly before 10am, the Tainan Police Department said.
A 36-year-old woman surnamed Tu (杜), driving a dark blue sedan, made a left turn onto Chenggong Road and collided with the woman and her child, police said.
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Emergency services upon arriving at the scene found the three-year-old girl without vital signs and rushed her to National Cheng Kung University Hospital, where efforts to revive her failed.
The mother, who was pinned under the vehicle while conscious, was sent to the Ministry of Health and Welfare Tainan Hospital to be treated for a broken left rib and other injuries, authorities said.
The driver was not injured.
The Tainan Police Department said in a statement that it has begun an investigation into the crash, and appealed to drivers to obey traffic signals and yield to pedestrians.
The central government has taken modest steps to improve pedestrian safety in the wake of several high-profile accidents and a CNN article last year that said the country is a “living hell” for pedestrians.
On March 31, the fine for failing to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks or when making turns was raised to NT$3,600 for each offense, up from NT$2,000 and NT$2,800 respectively.
Additionally, a nationwide campaign was launched on May 1 to enhance enforcement of those rules.
The efforts face challenges in a driving culture in which not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks is normal behavior, and driving through stop signs or flashing red lights is common.
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