Prosecutors indict Bolt taxi driver over customer deathBy Wang Ting-chuan and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted a driver from ride-hailing platform Bolt on charges of abandonment resulting in death, with potential punishment of 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. The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office is pictured in an undated photograph. Lin then stopped the car on the side of the road at about 2:19am and told Wen to get out, prosecutors said. Prosecutors determined that he would also be tried on charges of abandonment resulting in death and requested that his bail be increased to NT$200,000.

Source: Taipei Times February 14, 2026 03:46 UTC