SINGAPORE, Nov. 9 -- Three Singaporean tourists were injured in Taiwan after the taxi in which they were travelling was hit by a car from the opposite direction that crossed into their lane.

The accident took place on November 7 at around 2pm in Hualien, on the east coast of Taiwan, about 160km south of Taipei, according to Taiwanese news outlet ETtoday.

A car veered across the double yellow lines on the centre of the road and into opposing traffic, colliding head-on with the taxi carrying the three Singaporeans.

ETtoday reported that the car was driven by an air force serviceman surnamed Zhuang, who was travelling with his wife and child to Yilan, in the north-east of Taiwan, about 50km south of Taipei.

The accident took place along ...