https://www.scmp.com/rss/509611/feed In Taiwan’s worst train accident in decades, the eight-car Taroko Express carrying 496 passengers was en route to the southeastern coastal city of Taitung from New Taipei City when it collided with a driverless truck near Chongde, Hualien on April 2, 2021. Fifty people were killed and more than 200 others injured. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Taiwan’s government said on Thursday it had accepted the resignation of its transport minister following a train crash earlier this month that killed 49 people, the island’s deadliest in decades. The April 2 crash was caused by a railway maintenance truck that slid down an embankment and onto the track moments before a high-speed train passed by. The accident, which left more than 200 injured, plunged Taiwan into mourning. Transport Minister Lin Chia-lung offered his resignation the day after... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3129695/taiwan-train-crash-transport-minister-resigns-over-april-2-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3129695/taiwan-train-crash-transport-minister-resigns-over-april-2-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:19:57 +0000 An illegal foreign worker has been detained as a second suspect in Taiwan’s worst train derailment in seven decades in Hualien county on the east coast that killed 50 people and injured more than 200 others, authorities said on Thursday. Chief prosecutor of the case at the Hualien District Prosecutors Office, Chou Fang-yi, told reporters that two men were suspected of causing the April 2 disaster and the court had approved their request to detain the second suspect, who she said was a foreign... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128979/illegal-foreign-worker-detained-over-deadly-taiwan-train-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128979/illegal-foreign-worker-detained-over-deadly-taiwan-train-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:21:03 +0000 The driver in Taiwan’s deadliest train accident had less than seven seconds to respond before his train smashed into a runaway truck last week, killing him and at least 49 others, and injuring 211 people, investigators said on Tuesday. They also said the flatbed truck still had its engine running before it slid down an embankment from a construction site above the tracks, landing just metres in front of a railway tunnel. The eight-carriage Taroko Express was packed with 494 passengers when the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128523/taiwan-train-driver-had-less-7-seconds-respond-crash-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128523/taiwan-train-driver-had-less-7-seconds-respond-crash-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:15:48 +0000 Taiwanese rescuers were trying on Monday to retrieve the last body of a passenger from wreckage of a deadly train crash last week. Fifty people have been confirmed dead after a packed express train carrying almost 500 passengers and crew slammed into a truck near the eastern city of Hualien on Friday, causing it to derail and the front end to crumple. It was the island’s worst rail accident in seven decades. The truck had slid down a sloping road from a building site onto the tracks just outside... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128332/taiwan-rescuers-work-bring-out-last-body-wrecked-train-after-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3128332/taiwan-rescuers-work-bring-out-last-body-wrecked-train-after-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:42:35 +0000 A Taiwanese construction site manager whose truck rolled down a hill and collided with a train appeared in court on Saturday, local media reported. The accident on Friday killed 51 passengers and crew and injured nearly 180, making it the island’s worst rail disaster in seven decades. The dead included two engineers and a French national. The first two carriages of the train, which was travelling from New Taipei City to Taitung, derailed after striking the truck as it entered a tunnel near... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3128230/taiwan-prosecutors-seek-arrest-warrant-construction-site-boss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3128230/taiwan-prosecutors-seek-arrest-warrant-construction-site-boss?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:00:38 +0000 Taiwan’s worst train accident in decades, which killed at least 50 people and injured 146 others, was caused by a runaway truck that rolled down a hillside from a construction site above the track, officials said on Friday. The eight-car Taroko Express carrying 496 passengers was en route to the southeastern coastal city of Taitung from New Taipei City when the accident happened near Chongde, Hualien, at about 9.30am, the Taiwan Railway Administration said. “The train was about to enter... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3128085/taiwan-train-crash-leaves-least-four-dead-27-injured?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3128085/taiwan-train-crash-leaves-least-four-dead-27-injured?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:49:30 +0000