Suspect ID'd at scene of Taiwan's worst train derailment in decades
April 7, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Workers remove a derailed train from a tunnel in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan on March 6, 2021. (Central News Agency/ Kyodo)
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- A man held on suspicion of causing Taiwan's worst train derailment in seven decades was positively identified as being at the scene of the accident, authorities said on Tuesday.
Wang Kwo-tsai, deputy minister of transportation and communications, confirmed that the suspect, Lee Yi-hsiang, is the man seen in a photograph, believed to have been taken by a survivor of the accident, standing on top of a hill looking down at the accident with other spectators, whose identities have yet to be confirmed.