Driver of truck involved in deadly train crash released on bail
04/03/2021 08:23 PM
TRA contractor Lee Yi-hsiang (right) leaves the court building after posting bail. CNA photo April 3, 2021
Taipei, April 3 (CNA) The driver of the crane truck that fell onto a train track in Hualien County on Friday, causing a deadly train crash, was released on bail Saturday.
Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), who had parked the truck on a hill above the southbound track of the Taiwan Railways Administration's (TRA's) east coast mainline, was granted bail of NT$500,000 (US$17,516.21) by the Hualien District Court after being held for questioning by police and prosecutors since Friday afternoon.