2021/04/07 12:44
(MOTC photo)
(MOTC photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The eighth and final car from the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) train that suffered a deadly derailment after colliding with a construction vehicle was finally extricated from a tunnel Tuesday evening (April 6).
At 9:28 a.m. on Friday (April 2), the Taroko Express No. 408, going from New Taipei's Shulin to Taitung, suddenly derailed as it passed through the Qingshui Tunnel in Hualien County, killing 50 and injuring 211. A preliminary investigation has found that the accident occurred after a construction crane truck had fallen onto the tracks a little over a minute before the train smashed into it at 126 kilometers per hour.