Teenage girl survives 17-hour ordeal after being swept away by flash flood
A teenager who was among eight people swept away in a flash flood on Sunday during a river tracing trip in New Taipei City survived the accident by clinging to a piece of driftwood and yesterday morning showed up at the home of a local resident asking for help, police said.
Ho Yu-chieh, 15, arrived at the home of a man in the city’s Pinglin District in the early hours of yesterday seeking help, police said, adding that the man called emergency services at 5:39am.
She was taken to hospital where staff examined her and found only bruises, but no serious injuries, police said.
Doctors at the hospital in the Sindian District said Ho would be kept at the facility for observation.
The girl was swept away during a river tracing trip about noon on Sunday when the water level of the Tainiuliao River surged suddenly.
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