Some 120 passengers were standing in derailed Taiwan train
Some 120 passengers were standing in the express train that derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday killing 50 people, indicating the seating arrangements could have pushed up the death toll, Taiwan authorities and media said Sunday.
Out of total of 498 passengers, 122 were standing in the train with eight cars running at a maximum speed of 130 kilometers per hour, the authorities said. Witnesses of the accident that happened at 9:28 a.m. said it looked as if all the standing passengers fell down when the train derailed.
Workers on April 4, 2021 use power shovels and a diesel locomotive to remove from a tunnel carriages damaged following the deadly derailment of an express train in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan (Central News Agency/Kyodo)
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