In eastern Hualien, where Taiwan’s worst train accident occurred on the 3rd, an accident investigation team is looking at a yellow truck that collided with a train. Hualien=EPA Yonhap News
After the train accident in Taiwan, which killed more than 50 people, condolences from around the world continue. The United States and Japan also expressed their intention to apply.
According to the Taiwan Central News Agency on the 3rd, deputy spokesman Jelina Porter of the US State Department expressed condolences by mentioning the Taiwan train accident at a telephone briefing on the 2nd (local time). “We are ready to provide all possible support,” he said. “I wish Taiwan peace and security in difficult times.”
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also tweeted that it was “very heartbreaking”, and Japanese government spokesman Kato Katsunobu, Secretary of State Kato, said, “If there is a request for assistance from Taiwan, we will consider possible aid.” said. The Tyruger train in the accident this time was made by Hitachi in Japan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Portugal, Lithuania and Singapore also delivered a consoling message to Taiwan. Ma Xiao-guang, spokesman for the Taiwanese Office of the State Council, expressed condolences and said, “The Chinese authorities are very interested in the progress of the subsequent rescue work.”
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited the hospital where the injured were hospitalized and delivered a message of comfort to the victims. President Chai said, “I have been exposed to the consolation of governments and the interests of friends around the world. The Taiwanese government decided to hoist early in government agencies and schools nationwide on the 3rd to 5th to commemorate the deceased.
The train accident occurred the morning before in the Hualien Daqingshui tunnel in northeastern Taiwan. The accident is believed to have occurred when a truck parked at a construction site on a hillside near the railroad slid down to the track and collided with a train where about 500 people, including passengers and crew members, were on board.
The authorities are investigating the cause of the accident in detail by calling a construction site manager, considering the possibility that the truck driver did not apply the brake or the brake was broken. At least 50 people died in this accident and 160-170 people were injured. It was found that one of the fatalities was a French, and two of the injured were Japanese and one Macau.
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