{"id":11408,"date":"2025-01-23T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2025-01-23T06:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:50:23","slug":"filipina-tourist-taking-selfie-hit-by-train-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/filipina-tourist-taking-selfie-hit-by-train-in-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"FILIPINA TOURIST \u2018TAKING SELFIE\u2019 HIT BY TRAIN IN TAIWAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A FILIPINA tourist who was said to be posing for a photo was hit by an oncoming train at <strong>Shifen Station in Pingxi district<\/strong> in Taiwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The victim, who was in her 30\u2019s, suffered multiple injuries and was rushed to Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Central News Agency (CAN), the Filipina suffered a laceration on her head.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Manila Economic Cultural Office (MECO) said the <\/strong><strong>Filipina is in stable condition but will require surgery to address injuries to her head, chest and hips.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>MECO chairperson Cheloy Garafil &nbsp;said the relatives of the victim have already been informedof the incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Local media reports said the incident occurred on Jan 20 in front of stores that sell sky lanterns in Shifen Old Street, a popular tourist destination in New Taipei City\u2019s Pingxi district.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CCTV footage from a nearby store showed the woman is seen stretching her arms out to pose for a photo when a Taiwan Railway train slams into her arm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The impact sends her falling to the ground, and almost rolling under the train.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taiwanese police said the woman had trespassed on the railway and might face a fine up to TWD50,000 or almost P100,000 in accordance with Taiwan&#8217;s Railway Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FILIPINA tourist who was said to be posing for a photo was hit by an oncoming train at Shifen Station in Pingxi district in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11412,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11408\/revisions\/11412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}