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Two families were camping in the upper reaches of the Liqi River in Wujie County, the famous scenic spot “Yi Xian Tian” in Law Village, Renai Township, Nantou County. The Wujie Dam electric gate on top of the Wujie Dam automatically opened twice without warning to release water, resulting in 3 large, 2 small, and 5 in total. People were swept away by the vertiginous current, causing the tragedy of 4 deaths. “Apple News” caught Taipower’s preliminary internal investigation and judged that rats or snakes invaded the door control box and caused problems, but the actual cause still needs further investigation by the police.

After the accident happened, the Nantou Prefectural Prosecutor’s Office came to the scene yesterday to preserve the evidence. After reviewing documents, conducting on-site inspections and inquiring by witnesses, they exhaustively determined that Taipower personnel on duty with the surname Su were involved in fault finding, follow-up notifications and warnings. After resuming the hearing, it was decided to pay 100,000 yuan for the insurance.

Chief prosecutor Wu Jinlong said today that the prosecutor immediately understood the reason for the sudden opening of the door and the release of water in the preliminary maintenance records, as it involved hardware, software and many other aspects, and the details they were inconvenient to pass, but right now, he doesn’t rule out any possibility. From maintenance to water discharge, prosecutors will investigate and manage each link, if any personnel are involved in the failure, they will also be investigated in accordance with the law.

There are six families in Taichung City, Lu and Lai. The members include a man named Lu (53 years old), a woman named Lu (44 years old) and a 12 year old daughter; and a man surnamed Lai (41 years old) and his wife Chen The 48-year-old woman and her 6-year-old son took two RVs at noon the day before yesterday to camp on the upper reaches of the Liqi River in Wujie, near Yixiantian Township of Renai, Nantou County.

Unexpectedly, at 4 a.m. yesterday, one of the upstream Wujie Dam’s electric gates suddenly opened and closed twice, piling up on the dam to instantly release flooding. A large amount of water flowed into Liqi Creek, causing the stream to spike, except for sleeping in a car at the time. Lu’s wife and the other five who slept in the tent were dragged away. Among them, Lai Nan, fortunately, was dragged ashore and injured and sent to hospital.

The Nantou County Fire Department 2nd Brigade was reported to urgently dispatch district teams and civilian rescue units, and requested the support of the Taichung City Fire Department. A total of hundreds of people mobilized to search along Liqi Creek. Lu Tong, Lai’s wife and Lai Tong were successively found yesterday. Lu Nan was found again today, but they are both dead.

Search and rescue personnel continued to extend their range from the camp to downstream for more than 18 kilometers. A search and rescue personnel who participated said the victims’ camping equipment, thermos and children’s sheets were found in the waters downstream of the camp near the sky. With a sore nose, I can’t help but sigh “Originally it was a happy trip, but in the end it ended in tragedy.”

The “Apple” interview found that the two families were split into two RVs at noon the day before yesterday, and when they were about to enter the creek bed, the tribal residents saw it immediately and stepped forward to persuade them: ” The stream is controlled and camping by the stream is prohibited. This is very dangerous. ” However, the two RVs continued moving toward the creek bed. Unexpectedly, the upstream dam gate opened for no reason, causing 4 deaths.

The entire case was caused by the fact that one of the electric gates of the Wujie Dam was suddenly opened and closed twice without anyone being able to control it, causing a tragedy caused by the instantaneous release of a flood. According to preliminary internal investigation and Taipower’s judgment, because there are many rats and snakes in the mountainous areas, it is not ruled out that the rats or snakes have entered the control box and activated the door switch to cause problems . Since the entire case has entered court proceedings, prosecutors will investigate and clarify the actual cause of the disaster. (Report Wang Huangzhong, Yang Jingru, Lai Wenzhong / Nantou)

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Update time 1048 (Added: Statement of the Prosecutor, the remains of the fourth missing person are found)