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MAKING CHANGES: A Minister of Transportation and Communications official called for fences and safety nets at construction sites to prevent another incidentBy Cheng Wei-chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to inspect all construction sites near railways following a train crash in Hualien County that killed at least 51 people, the agency said yesterday.
TRA Deputy Director-General Du Wei (杜微) made the announcement in the wake of the incident, which occurred when a Taroko Express train crashed inside Cingshuei Tunnel (清水隧道) after hitting a crane truck near the tunnel’s entrance.
The vehicle had slid down a hill to the tracks from a nearby TRA construction site.
The agency is investigating rail-side operations since the accident, Du told a news conference in Taipei.
The TRA had previously requested that
Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest warrant for suspect in deadly train crash
Sun Online Desk
3rd April, 2021 04:59:41
Taiwanese prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for a construction site manager whose truck is believed to have caused a train accident that killed at least 50 people, as authorities warned on Saturday more bodies could be found in the wreckage.
Friday’s crash, Taiwan’s worst rail accident in seven decades, occurred after an express train hit a truck that had slid down a bank next to the track from a construction site. The manager of the construction site is suspected of having failed to engage the brake properly.