TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A woman fell off an art installation in the second incident in a month occurring at a Taitung County beach, reports said Wednesday (April 5).
The artwork involved in the latest accident was a 120-meter-long two-story wooden walkway leading out toward the beach. While the lower-level section connected to a staircase down to the sand, the upper-level walkway ended without any railing to keep visitors from moving ahead, UDN reported.
A woman reportedly took a wrong step while taking a picture Wednesday morning and landed in the sand two floors below. Because of its height above the beach offering excellent views of the ocean, the installation was popular with tourists and photographers, though a sign said only 10 people were allowed on the walkway at a time.
After the morning’s accident, authorities closed off the upper walkway with yellow tape. Visitors arriving on the last day of the April 1-5 Tomb Sweeping Festival were disappointed they were not allowed to walk out on the structure, per UDN.
On March 8, another woman fell from a ladder installation called the “Stairway to Heaven," despite warning signs not to climb it. She suffered minor head injuries from the tumble, the hospital said.
The pieces of art in Dawu township were left over from the 2022 Nanhui Art Project along the coast of Taitung County in southeast Taiwan.
