A team of eight hikers from Taichung City was climbing Wuming Mountain during the Qingming holiday when two of them fell into a valley. After rescue teams arrived at the scene, the bodies were transported by helicopter today to Fushoushan Farm and then to Lishan Health Center.
Taichung City Fire Department received a report at 4:12 p.m. on the 3rd from Nantou County Fire Department, stating that an eight-person hiking team had planned to climb Wuming Mountain and encountered an accident where two hikers, surnamed Liang and Wu, fell into a valley at Wuming Cliff. Among them, the man surnamed Liang was a professor at Providence University.
The fire department noted that the team leader descended and located the two individuals, who were initially determined to have no signs of life, requiring urgent rescue assistance. The first team of rescuers from Lishan Fire Station—comprising one vehicle and four firefighters—was dispatched immediately. The Hualien County Fire Department also sent out a first team of one vehicle and five firefighters. That night at 12:28 a.m., the first Taichung team advanced to the 17.5K mark of Forest Road 730.
The fire department stated that at 8:17 a.m. today, two helicopter trips carried four second-team firefighters from Taichung City, one Taroko volunteer, five high-altitude support staff, as well as equipment and logistical supplies to Wuming Pool. They arrived at Wuming Mountain at 9:14 a.m. and joined up with the team leader to begin the rescue. At 11:52 a.m., the bodies were transported to Wuming Pool for air evacuation and arrived at Fushoushan Farm at 3:30 p.m., where they were transferred by ambulance to Lishan Health Center for placement. 1050406
(Central News Agency)