Police in Pingtung County have summoned 16 people for questioning in connection with a crash during an illegal motorcycle race on Sunday that left two people dead and three injured.
The 16, including witnesses and potential suspects, were identified through a surveillance video near the site of the street race, the Pingtung County Police Bureau’s Ligang Precinct said yesterday.
Police took their statements and transferred the case to the Pingtung County Prosecutors’ Office for an investigation into suspected offenses against public safety, the precinct said.
Police said about 60 people attended modified motorcycle races on Sunday afternoon on a road bordering a river embankment near Guangfu Bridge (光復橋) in Gaoshu Township (高樹).
At about 4pm, emergency services received a report of a four-vehicle crash and arrived at the scene to find five injured people.
Among the injured, a 19-year-old man surnamed Liao (廖) and a 43-year-old man surnamed Tung (董) later died of bone fractures, and lacerations to their heads and limbs.
The other three are still being treated in hospital for bone fractures and other injuries.
Police believe the accident was caused when four motorcycles were cleared to start a drag race without realizing that two motorcycles from a previous heat had yet to vacate the track.
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