On train safety, reform rhetoric easy; now comes the hard part
04/28/2021 07:34 PM
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A Taiwan Railways Administration employee mourns victims in the April 2 Taroko Express train crash, including two of his colleagues. CNA photo April 8, 2021
By Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA staff reporter
Taiwan s president, premier and new transportation minister have all advocated reforming the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) following its worst train accident in 73 years on April 2 that left 49 people dead and over 200 injured.
Such appeals are nothing new they were also uttered after a crash in October 2018 in which 18 people died but were not acted on.
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More than 100 questioned in TRA probe: prosecutor
By Jason Pan / Staff Reporter
More than 100 people have been questioned in connection with a Taroko Express train crash in Hualien on April 2, Hualien Prosecutor Chou Fang-yi (周芳怡) said yesterday.
The remarks came in response to criticism that slow progress had been made in the investigation of the incident.
Chou denied that there had been complaints from Taiwan Transportation Safety Board officials, who, according to local media reports, allegedly said that the slow investigation had allowed suspects to coordinate ahead of being questioned.
Hualien Prosecutor Chou Fang-yi speaks to reporters in Hualien City yesterday.
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Taiwan Picks Up the Pieces in Aftermath of Deadly Train Crash
Authorities are investigating after a crane truck slid and fell in front of a passenger train, leading to a crash that killed 50 people.
April 09, 2021
The families of the victims in a train crash try to conjure their spirits near Taroko Gorge in Hualien, Taiwan on Saturday, April 3, 2021.
Credit: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying
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Tearful apologies, promises of reform, political bickering, and an overwhelming sense of grief have marked the days following an April 2 train crash, Taiwan’s deadliest in decades.
Authorities continue to investigate after a passenger train collided with a crane truck and was derailed at the entrance of a tunnel north of Hualien. The crash killed 50 people and injured 202, according to Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC).