The New Taipei Education Department says most of the casualties arising from
a traffic accident in New Taipei's Sanxia District were students.

The incident occured at around 4PM yesterday - when a car rammed into
pedestrians at an intersection near Bei Da Elementary School.

Authorities say the three people killed in the incident were two female
students from a nearby junior high school and a woman in her 40s.

Most of the injured were also students from the junior high school while one
was a preschooler.

Police identified the driver as a 78-year-old man - who had valid driver's
license and tested negative for alcohol in his system.

He also suffered serious injuries in the incident and was one of those taken
to the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in Banqiao District.

Authorities say he underwent surgery overnight and is now in an intensive
care unit.

Prosecutors say they are still waiting for the man to regain consciousness in
order to question him.