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Around 300 tenth-graders enrolled in Kang Chiao International School’s Xiugang Campus witnessed a nightmarish incident on the ninth day of their round-the-island cycling tour. On Tuesday morning, as the group passed through Changhua’s Pitou Township, a car crashed into them, injuring seven of them. The most severely injured student was made minimally conscious and put under intensive care. The driver that caused the accident claimed he was trying to pick up something from the floor of his car, which took his eyes off the road.

A group of young cyclists rides on the side of the road when an orange car comes in their way.

Bangs and screams burst out as they collide.

Ambulances arrive on scene, to a row of scattered bikes. Schoolkids cry in pain on the asphalt. Some are even bleeding from their head.

Voice of witness
We asked them to dispatch three or four, but after the ambulances came, it was clearly not enough, so there were about 10 in the end.

A 15-year-old student who was at the very front of the line is critically injured.

Chang Shang-wen
Changhua Christian Hospital spokesperson
The head and neck areas are severely traumatized. His vital signs are currently stable, but he only has a score of 3 on the coma scale. His treatment will continue under intensive care.

Other six affected highschoolers are, fortunately, fully conscious, but suffer injuries of various degrees. The driver that caused them injury claimed the accident happened because he was picking something up from the floor of his car.

Wang Yuh-shih
Changhua Police Department
The driver that instigated the incident, surnamed Hsiao, is now under arrest as a person quasi in flagrante delicto. We’ve filed the case with the Changhua District Prosecutors Office for investigation.

These students of Kang Chiao International School in New Taipei were on the school’s annual round-the-island cycling trip for their tenth-grade students. Launched 16 years ago, the school intends the trip to be a rite of passage for their 16-year-olds.

Carol Chen
Kid attends Kang Chiao
The trip has been done for many years now. Many months ago, they’ve sacrificed their Sundays to practice cycling up and down slopes, as well as very long-distance on a flat surface.

What was supposed to be a 12-day grand tour for the kids made for an unforgettable experience in the worst way possible.

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