Bolt driver facing life sentence after passenger’s deathBy Wang Ting-chuan and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office today indicted a driver from ride-hailing platform Bolt on charges of abandonment resulting in death, punishable by between seven years and life in prison. Driver Lin Yu-jun (林宇浚) on Jan. 25 allegedly forced a passenger out of his vehicle on Provincial Highway 64 in New Taipei City, prosecutors said. When the vehicle entered the ramp from Provincial Highway 64 in New Taipei City’s Jhonghe District (中和), Wen collapsed in the back seat, they added. He sustained a fractured skull and multiple bone fractures, resulting in his death, they said. Prosecutors determined that he would also be tried on charges of abandonment resulting in death and requested that his bail amount be increased to NT$200,000.

Source: Taipei Times February 13, 2026 13:23 UTC