UPDATE: At least 48 dead as Taiwan train derails in tunnel Officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle sliding down an embankment and striking the train before it entered the tunnel near the coastal city of Hualien. This handout picture taken and released on 2 April 2021 by Taiwan Red Cross shows rescue teams at the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan. Picture: TAIWAN RED CROSS / AFP
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TAIPEI – Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island s worst railway accident in decades.
Read more about Taiwan train crash kills 41 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades on Business Standard. Many passengers were starting long weekend holiday; some carriages ripped apart in tunnel