Truck driver, contractor to be sued for compensation in train crash
04/05/2021 09:52 PM
Lee Yi-hsiang . CNA file photo
Taipei, April 5 (CNA) The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) will file suit demanding compensation from the truck driver and contractor suspected of being responsible for a deadly train crash in which 50 people died and 208 were injured.
Deputy Transport Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said the ministry will sue Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of the crane truck that likely caused the April 2 crash, and Tung Hsin Construction Company (東新營造公司), the contractor of the construction site above the site of the accident.
The ministry has also asked the Hualien District Court to seize the assets of Lee and Tung Hsin Construction Company as a preemptive move to prevent them from transferring their assets to other parties, Wang said.