5 bodies found in canyon tragedy
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FIVE bodies have been recovered after they were swept away while hiking down a river canyon in Taiwan, officials said yesterday.
Dramatic footage on local media showed a huge wave rushing down the Beishi River in New Taipei City where 24 people on a company trip were hiking on Sunday, despite official warnings of torrential rain.
Six females of the group were swept away by the wave but a 15-year-old girl managed to grab hold of some driftwood and later scrambled to safety.
The body of a 13-year-old girl was found yesterday. The bodies of her mother and two adults had been pulled from the river on Sunday, fire department officials said.
Footage on the Apple Daily website showed rescue workers pulling one of the women from the water and desperately trying to resuscitate her.
Rescuers found the body of a missing 44-year-old woman, also a coach of the activity, later yesterday, officials said.
The teenage survivor climbed onto a rock to wait for the water to recede before walking to nearby houses to seek help around dawn, her mother Chen Li-hsiang told reporters.
“It was dark so she sat on the rock for the water to go down,” Chen said. “She is a calm child. She waited till the water receded so she can safely get on shore and walked on her own to seek help when dawn came.”
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