Crane truck driver questioned by police over fatal train accident
04/02/2021 05:25 PM
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Taipei, April 2 (CNA) Local police are questioning the driver of a crane truck that is believed to have slid down a hillside and blocked the path of a moving train heading south in Hualien County on Friday, leading to an accident that caused the deaths of at least 48 people.
The driver, surnamed Lee (李), was still being questioned by Chungte police as of 4 p.m. Friday, according to the Xincheng Precinct of the Hualien County Police Department.
Dozens Dead in Taiwan Train Crash Caused by Crane on Track: Police
On 4/2/21 at 6:45 AM EDT
At least 48 people have been killed and more than 150 others injured in a train crash in eastern Taiwan, which police believe was caused by a construction vehicle rolling into the path of a train entering a tunnel.
The train was carrying some 490 people when it derailed in the tunnel close to the eastern city of Hualien. The train is believed to have hit a crane truck that slid onto the track while working on a nearby hillside, according to the Central News Agency. The collision derailed the train, causing some carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel at high speed.
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