2 dead and 1 injured in an SUV crash on Wulu Forest Road in Nanheng this morning.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] A vegetable garden 3 kilometers away from Wululin Road, Nanheng Highway, Haiduan Township, Taitung County was found by the public this morning. At that time, two people had no breathing and heartbeat, and they were sent to the hospital to be declared dead. The other person regained consciousness after emergency rescue and was being treated in the hospital.

According to the police investigation, the three old women went from Fuli, Hualien, to Nanheng to pick ginger yesterday. After the car overturned, they were seriously injured, comatose and hypothermic. In the end, 2 died and 1 was injured.

The Guanshan Police Sub-bureau stated that the Wulu Police Station received a report from the public at 7:30 this morning, saying that a small passenger fell off the edge of the field. The doctor declared her dead after rescue; the other woman showed stable signs of life after rescue.

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According to the police’s preliminary understanding, the three people are all from Fuli, Hualien County. A 69-year-old woman, He, and a 69-year-old woman, Chen, and a 74-year-old woman, Song Chen, were sent to a farmland in Wulu, Nanheng, where they were hired to collect ginger. The nearby people were employed and harvested together, and the work was over at around 2:00 pm. The workers on the ground had already left by driving or cycling. The 3rd woman was the last car, which was suspected of overturning when passing 3 kilometers away from the Wulu Forest Road. Vegetable garden 10 feet below.

The three women may have fallen into a coma after the accident, and they were unable to report to the police for help. The location was remote, and no public found them, so they spent the cold night and low temperature in the trapped car.

One of the family members of the woman couldn't wait for anyone to return home, so they went up the mountain to search today. They found a vehicle in a vegetable garden along their work route, and reported to the police for help.

2 dead and 1 injured in an SUV crash on Wulu Forest Road in Nanheng this morning.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Mingtang)

2 dead and 1 injured in an SUV crash on Wulu Forest Road in Nanheng this morning.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Mingtang)