Horrified motorists witness Taiwan airliner flip into river. At least 23 killed.

At least 19 people were killed and more than two dozen injured Feb. 4 outside Taipei.

Feb. 4, 2015This screen grab taken from a video shows a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane clipping an elevated motorway and hitting a taxi before crashing into the Keelung river outside Taiwan's capital Taipei in New Taipei City. TVBS Taiwan/AFP/Getty Images

By Lindsey Bever, Nick Kirkpatrick and Abby Phillip February 4 at 8:11 AM

A Taiwanese TransAsia turboprop plane carrying 58 passengers and crew slammed into a bridge on Wednesday morning, careening on its wing almost in a cartwheel over the roadway and crashing into a shallow river in Taipei — a horrifying scene captured by a motorist’s video camera. The accident killed at least 23 people and injured more than a dozen others,according to local news reports. Many passengers are still missing.

Footage from an in-car camera provided by a witness showed that a plane turned sideways and then grazed an elevated expressway before crashing in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

A Taiwan plane with 58 people on board crashed into a river shortly after takeoff from a Taipei airport, killing at least nine people. (Reuters)

Workers lifted the fuselage of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane from the shallow river in Taipei where it crashed. At least 23 people were killed and many more are still missing. (AP)
Horrified Motorists Witness Taiwan Airliner Flip Into River. at Least 23 Killed. by Thavam Ratna