SINGAPORE: An aged vacationer was killed and 4 others injured after a wood walkway resulting in a well-known suspension bridge collapsed in Taiwan on Wednesday (Nov 13).
According to Taiwanese media, the 3-metre-high walkway gave approach because the 5 victims gathered to take a bunch picture at round 4pm native time close to the Fumei Suspension Bridge, a well-liked vacationer attraction in China’s Alishan Township. Chiayi.
The victims, a part of a vacationer group of 44 individuals from Miaoli county, had been taken to hospital. A 76-year-old girl who suffered head trauma later died.
The different 4 stay in steady situation, the Chiayi County Fire Department mentioned.
Fumei Suspension Bridge was constructed with donations from the Taiwan Red Cross Society and was handed over to the Alishan Municipality Office in 2011 for administration.
Taiwanese authorities are investigating the incident.