A Keelung court has awarded NT$2.65 million (US$82,113) in state compensation to the family of a man who died after being swept into New Taipei's Beishi River following heavy rains.
A tour guide has been charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of six people who were swept into New Taipei City’s Beishi River (北勢溪) during a nature camp outing she led in October last year, prosecutors said on Thursday.
The woman, surnamed Su (蘇), was the leader of the outing organized by a Taipei-based outdoor experience company on Oct. 16, a statement issued by the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Twenty-eight people participated in the outing, which mainly involved hiking the Hubaotan Historic Trail in New Taipei City’s Shuangsi District (雙溪), including 14 elementary-school children, who were each accompanied by a
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) A tour guide has been charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of six people who died after being swept into New Taipei's Beishi Stream during a nature camp outing she led in October 2021, prosecutors said Thursday.
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) will join with local governments to test a torrential rain warning system at three recreation areas in mountainous parts of Taipei and New Taipei that are vulnerable to flooding and storm surges.