Driver abandons clubgoers citing complex home address｜Formosa English News

Bilingual text here: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026B10W04EA?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description 雙語文字版: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026B10W04EA?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description Our official website: ➔ https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/ Follow us on Facebook: ➔ https://www.facebook.com/ftvformosanews X (Twitter): ➔ https://x.com/FTV_Taiwan_News Earlier this year, a taxi driver abandoned a passenger who then met with a fatal accident. A similar case has occurred on Tuesday, where passengers were abandoned, but thankfully in this case, they were safe. A woman surnamed Lee and her friends were heading home from an evening out in Xinyi District to Wanhua District where they lived. But as soon as the driver got on the Civic Boulevard elevated road, he claimed their address was too complex to reach and he couldn’t find it or use GPS and left the three on the roadside. Luckily, a taxi passing by picked them up and dropped them home. A taxi speeds away as the three passengers laugh helplessly at it. They are stranded on the Civic Boulevard expressway in the middle of the night with barely any cars around. One of the stranded women, posted a rant on social media. She called the cops after a taxi driver left her stranded on the elevated road, who advised her to flag down a cab or call for another one. Thankfully, within five minutes, another taxi driver noticed there were people stranded on the highway and took them to the Xiyuan Police Station in Wanhua. Lee Yu-han FTV reporter The woman had requested the driver to drop them at a convenience store near her home, but the driver claimed he was unfamiliar with the roads and navigation tools and excused himself by dropping the lot off in the middle of the elevated highway. Around 3am on the 10, the woman and her two friends were abandoned by a taxi on the Civic Boulevard elevated road. She vented online that they were heading home to Wanhua District from a nightclub in Xinyi District when the taxi driver suddenly claimed that their address was too complicated and he didn’t know how to use navigation. He left them on the expressway and sped away. Once off the expressway, the woman called the cops to file a complaint claiming this was grounds for eventual intent homicide to which the cop said the lawsuit might fall through. The woman, helplessly asked whether only serious accidents warranted attention? Chao Chih-yun Lawyer If the driver believed that the passengers could be struck and killed by other vehicles and still abandoned them and exposed them to danger, the driver could be convicted of dolus eventualis or eventual intent homicide. The passenger’s conscious state does not absolve the driver of criminal liability. For taxi fare disputes and stopping without cause on elevated roads, police can already issue fines between NT$1,200 to NT$6,000. Earlier this year, a similar incident involved a taxi driver dumping a 25-year-old intoxicated man, who was later struck and killed. An investigation has been launched and police will question the driver. For more Taiwan news, tune in: Mon to Fri at 9:30 pm on Channel 152 Tue to Sat at 1 am on Channel 53 #abandonment #homicide #doluseventualis #taxi #civicboulevard #taiwan #台灣新聞 #FormosaEnglishNews #民視新聞 #FTV新聞 #Taiwan