S'pore woman, 33, dies in car crash along Taiwan highway after picking strawberries with family

Editor's Note: The initial story, which was based on local reports, said the woman is Singaporean. She is a Singapore PR, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) woman, aged 33, has died in a collision while travelling in Taiwan with her husband and daughter.

Woman was stuck in the back seat after accident

According to Taiwan's Central News Agency, the accident happened in Miaoli County, at the 114km mark on Provincial Highway No. 3.

First responders found a car stuck between a power pole and the roadside retaining wall.

The car also brought down two power poles.

The driver, a 36-year-old Singaporean man surnamed Lu (transliteration from Mandarin), and the couple's daughter, aged five, were able to emerge from the vehicle.

However, the woman was stuck in the back seat, local police were quoted as saying.

She showed "no signs of life" when first responders got her out of the vehicle and she was subsequently pronounced dead at hospital.

Family had been picking strawberries

Lianhe Zaobao reported that the driver appeared to be too distressed to answer the police's questions following the accident.

The family had been picking strawberries at Miaoli and were heading to the town of Nanzhuang.

Police confirmed that the driver was not driving under the influence of alcohol.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

In response to Mothership's queries, the a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said:

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is aware of the car accident in Miaoli, Taiwan involving a family of three. The deceased was a Singapore PR while her husband and child are Singapore citizens. The Singapore Trade Office in Taipei has been in touch with the family to render consular assistance. MFA extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved family."

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