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Train Derails in Taiwan Leaves at Least 51 Dead and Dozens Injured
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An express passenger train carrying 496 passengers derailed after colliding with a truck killing 51 and injuring at least 146. The Taiwan Railway Administration reports the worst train accident in decades occurred near Chongde, Hualien, on Saturday, April 2, 2021, reports the South China Morning Post.
The Taroko Express was traveling to Taitung from New Taipei City when the accident happened at about 9:30 a.m. local time (9:30 p.m. ET April 1). The eight-car train was about to enter the Chingshui Tunnel when it hit the truck.
Two of the carriages derailed, forcing parts of the truck into the tunnel, killing the engineer and mechanic on impact 33-year-old Yuan Chun-hsiu and 32-year-old Chiang Pei-feng. Several of the following cars slammed into the tunnel walls crushing them; those at the end were less damaged, according to Feng Hui-sheng, the deputy director of the Taiwan Railway Admin
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