Two drivers are suspected of negligent homicide after an 11-year-old boy was hit while riding a bicycle across a zebra crossing in Taichung’s Beitun District (北屯) yesterday afternoon, the Taichung Police Department Fifth Precinct said today.
Yesterday at 3:46pm there was an accident involving a bicycle, a scooter and a car at the intersection of Dunhua Road Sec 2 and Renping Road, the precinct said.
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An 11-year-old boy, surnamed Huang (黃), was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk next to Dunhua Road Sec 2 and stopped briefly when he arrived at the Renping Road intersection before riding across the pedestrian crosswalk to reach the park on the other side, police said.
As he was crossing the road, he was first hit by 29-year-old Tang (湯) riding an electric scooter from across the intersection, causing him to fall off his bicycle and land in the inner lane, although he remained on the crosswalk, they said.
He was then hit by 32-year-old Fu (傅) driving a sport-utility vehicle, also coming from across the intersection, police said.
The boy was rushed to a hospital for emergency treatment, but succumbed to the multiple injuries he sustained during the accident, they said.
Neither Tang nor Fu were hurt and both tested negative for alcohol in breathalyzer tests, they added.
The accident occurred at a T-intersection that operates three-color traffic lights from 4am to 9am and 5pm to 7pm, and flashing red and yellow lights at other times, the department said.
At the time of the accident, traffic on Dunhua Road Sec 2 had a flashing yellow light and traffic on Renping Road had a flashing red light, it said.
The police department said it plans to work with other departments to improve traffic safety measures in response to the accident.
While the exact cause of the accident is still to be determined, Tang and Fu were both referred to the Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office on suspicion of negligent homocide after questioning, the police said.
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