New evidence suggests driver sought to retrieve truck before crash: source
04/08/2021 09:42 PM
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Crane truck driver Lee Yi-hsiang (in yellow) escorted by police as he enters Hualien District Prosecutors Office on Thursday.
Taipei, April 8 (CNA) Newly surfaced evidence suggests that Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of the crane truck that caused the deadly train crash on April 2, tried but failed to maneuver his truck from where it had got stuck in roadside bushes shortly before the accident, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Thursday that based on new evidence, Lee had tried to extricate the truck with an excavator.
Transportation minister apologizes again for train crash tragedy
04/07/2021 10:46 PM
Lin Chia-lung (center). CNA photo April 7, 2021
Taipei, April 7 (CNA) Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Wednesday once again publicly apologized for the casualties resulting from Taiwan s deadliest train accident in seven decades and said he submitted his written resignation to take responsibility for the incident.
Lin and deputy transport minister Chi Wen-jong (祁文中), who concurrently serves as acting head of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), faced questions from lawmakers at a legislative Transportation Committee hearing on the April 2 Taroko Express train crash.
Before the hearing started, all the committee members and officials present observed a one-minute silence for those who were killed and injured when the No. 408 Taroko express train slammed into a crane truck that fell onto the track near the entrance of Qingshui Tunnel in Hualien
Donations open for injured passengers, families of train crash victims
04/04/2021 07:14 PM
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Workers at the north entrance of the Qingshui Tunnel, where four carriages of the eight-car train remained inside. CNA April 4, 2021
Taipei, April 4 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Sunday it has set up a system to start accepting donations for the people who were injured in last Friday s train crash and for the families of those who died.
In response to an outpouring of public sentiment, accounts have been opened at Bank of Taiwan, Chunghwa Post Co. and the Department of the Treasury under the central bank, where donations can be made until April 30, the ministry said.
President exhorts relief efforts after fatal train crash
04/02/2021 06:18 PM
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President Tsai Ing-wen (center right) speaks at a press conference in Taipei following the train accident. CNA photo April 2, 2021
Taipei, April 2 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Friday instructed all relevant government agencies to coordinate on relief work after at least 48 passengers died and over 100 were injured when a train carrying over 350 people crashed in Hualien, eastern Taiwan earlier that day, leaving several carriages piled up in a tunnel.
Tsai issued the directive and demanded a thorough investigation into the incident, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said.
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