Huizhong Wu
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offers joss sticks at a memorial for victims of Friday s train derailment in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Prosecutors in Taiwan on Saturday sought an arrest warrant for the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a train track and caused the country s worst rail disaster in decades, killing dozens and injuring more. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) April 06, 2021 - 4:04 AM
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Investigators looking into Taiwanâs deadliest railway disaster in decades combed through the crushed wreckage and debris for three days before they found the microSD chip from the dashboard camera of a construction truck that collided with a train coming out of a tunnel, officials said Tuesday.
Fallen construction vehicle blamed for fatal Taiwan train crash
Investigations are underway following the fatal derailment of a high speed train near Hualien in Taiwan on Friday after it hit a lorry linked to slope stabilisation work on Friday.
At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crash, which occurred as the eight carriage Taroko Express train travelling from Taipei to Taitung entered the Qingshui Tunnel to the north of Hualien.
The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board has started to analyse CCTV of the incident and has already suggested that the train driver – who was killed in the crash – only had 10 seconds view of the obstruction that had slid down a 20m slope near the tunnel portal before the collision. The train was reported to be travelling at 100km/h at the time of the incident.
Workers remove more wreckage from deadly Taiwan train crash
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 6, 2021 at 1:27 am EDT
TAIPEI, Taiwan Workers removed more train wreckage from Taiwan’s deadliest railway disaster in decades before an initial report on the investigation into the crash is expected later Tuesday.
The third remaining train car has been removed, and the workers are now tackling the removal of the last two cars of the train, which sustained the most damage when the train hit a truck on its tracks last Friday. The damage is extensive enough that workers may need to cut the remaining cars into sections before they can be removed.
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Workers removed more train wreckage from Taiwan’s deadliest railway disaster in decades before an initial report on the investigation into the crash is expected later Tuesday.
The third remaining train car has been removed, and the workers are now tackling the removal of the last two cars of the train, which sustained the most damage when the train hit a truck on its tracks last Friday. The damage is extensive enough that workers may need to cut the remaining cars into sections before they can be removed.
Authorities believe the construction truck equipped with a crane slide down the hillside onto the railway tracks, where the Taroko Express train struck the vehicle as it was exiting a tunnel.
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