At about 1 pm on the 1st, a patrol car at the Shanlin Branch of Kaohsiung Qishan Police Station was about to turn left at Lane 24, Shanxian Road, at the intersection of Line 29, when it was rammed by a BMW sedan, and the front of the police car was severely damaged.

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[Reporter Su Funan / Kaohsiung Report] At the intersection of Taiwan Line 29, Shanlin District, Kaohsiung City, 53 kilometers away, and Shanxian Road Lane 24, the day before yesterday (1st) at 1:00 pm, a police patrol car collided with a BMW car, and it affected the opposite 1 A total of 3 cars were crashed and 5 people were injured and sent to the hospital. Some media reported that the police car was tracking down the rider without a helmet, but the police denied it.

According to the investigation of the Qishan Police Branch, when officers surnamed Chen and Huang of the Shanlin Station were on duty at about 1:00 pm on the 1st, they were walking through Lane 24 (branch road) of Shanxian Road and wanted to turn left at the intersection of Line 29 (main road). No traffic lights are set on this section of Line 29 and the road is straight. Generally, the speed of vehicles is fast. Therefore, the police turn on the warning lights and sirens in advance to remind the approaching vehicles.

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Unexpectedly, just after the police car turned left, the white BMW driven by a 37-year-old man surnamed Yan was speeding from north to south and could not react as quickly as it hit the police car. The BMW slid out of control and slid into the opposite lane, hitting the black passenger car of a 22-year-old Lin woman. .

A total of 3 cars were crashed and 5 people were injured in the accident. Among them, the police officer surnamed Chen suffered a scratch on his right hand, BMW Yan Nan suffered a head injury, and a passenger in the car suffered bruises on the limbs. Lin Nv and a passenger in the car suffered injuries to the limbs and feet. The bruises were sent to Qishan and E-Da Hospital for treatment respectively. The police did not have any alcohol reaction to the driving tests of the three vehicles. The police have reviewed the relevant monitor information and preserved the video of the accident vehicle's driving recorder as to the cause of the accident, and will further investigate and clarify. and as a follow-up identification.

Hong Rongmin, chief of the Qishan Police Department, received the accident at the first time, and immediately rushed to the scene to understand the situation. He believed that the incident was not light. In order to avoid the parties' criticism, the Qishan Police Department voluntarily avoided. The entire case was dispatched by the Traffic Police Brigade. And went to the hospital to visit the wounded.

According to media reports, the police car was tracking down the rider without a helmet. The Qishan Police Station clarified that the patrol car was indeed stopping the rider without a helmet at the beginning, but then the duty came to an end. Before the incident, the police car had to turn left. Enter Taiwan Line 29 and continue driving.

After the BMW rammed the police car, it lost control and slid into the opposite lane, hitting the black passenger car of a 22-year-old Lin woman.

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Lin's black passenger car was hit by a BMW, and the front and driver's seat were completely unrecognizable.

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