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Taiwan Taroko Express train crashi

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.

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  • 49 people were killed when a high-speed train hit a maintenance truck that had slid onto the track
  • Taipei says Transport Minister Lin Chia-lung will step down on Tuesday
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