The mayor of New Taipei has sent condolences after a city police officer was killed in a car crash. The case has thrown a spotlight once again on first responders' safety on the job, with multiple firefighters and police killed in the line of duty in recent years.
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00:00New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi has sent his condolences to the family of a police officer killed in a car accident.
00:08The 28-year-old officer died when a man crashed into his police car in the Sanzhong district.
00:14Four other people were injured.
00:16The driver is known to police and has multiple convictions.
00:20The case has thrown a spotlight onto first responders' safety on the job,
00:24with multiple firefighters and police killed in the line of duty in recent years.
00:30New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi has sent his condolences to the family of a police officer killed in a car accident.