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By Global Times Published: Apr 02, 2021 11:56 AM Updated: Apr 03, 2021 12:33 AM
Photo:VCGAt least 50 people died and more than 140 injured after a passenger train derailed in a tunnel on eastern Taiwan island Friday morning, according to the local railway department. Casualties are likely to climb, as some are seriously injured.
Among the 50 deceased, two are the driver and assistant driver, and the rest are passengers including one French national.
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits both on Friday sent condolences to the families of the deceased, and expressed sympathies to the injured in the tragic accident.
Mainland pays tribute to victims of train crash in Taiwan island; netizens, experts calling for accountability
Shan Jie Published: Apr 03, 2021 06:07 PM
Photo taken on April 2, 2021 shows the site of a train derailment in Hualien, China s Taiwan. Photo: Xinhua
The Friday train crash on the island of Taiwan that has killed at least 50 has drawn great attention from people in the Chinese mainland, who have been expressing condolences to Taiwan compatriots over the deadly train accident and extending sympathy to families of victims while calling for investigation and accountability of the accident.
Observers noted that the long-standing slack safety management in Taiwan s railway system plus poor infrastructure facilities have often caused the situation that some train accidents could not be effectively avoided and the local authorities should conduct self-examination and spend more energy on improving people s livelihood instead of focusing on playing with politics.
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