Train crash Taiwan: Officials seek arrest after derailment
3 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM
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Rescue workers gather near one end of the train involved in a derailment near the Taroko Gorge area in Hualien, Taiwan on Friday. Photo / AP
Rescue workers gather near one end of the train involved in a derailment near the Taroko Gorge area in Hualien, Taiwan on Friday. Photo / AP
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By: Jessica Wang
Taiwanese prosecutors have identified a construction site manager whose lorry is suspected of causing a train crash, which has killed at least 51 people and left more than 156 injured.
It s believed the train hit an unmanned lorry which slid 20m down a hillside on to the railway tracks after its emergency brake was not properly engaged.
Published on: Saturday, April 03, 2021
By: AFP
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Rescue workers at the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan.
TAIPEI: Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island’s worst railway accident in decades.
Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said at least 48 people were confirmed dead with 66 others sent to hospital.
Officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle sliding down an embankment and striking the train before it entered the tunnel near the coastal city of Hualien.