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Taiwan train derailment inside tunnel kills at least 41, leaves scores injured
At least 41 people have been killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday.
Key points:
- The crash, which also killed the train’s driver, is the island’s worst rail disaster in at least four decades
- Transport Minister Lin Chia-lung told reporters the train was carrying about 490 people, higher than an earlier fire department figure of 350
- The accident occurred at the start of a long weekend for the traditional Tomb Sweeping Day
Authorities said it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site.
The crash, which also killed the train’s driver, is the island’s worst rail disaster in at least four decades.
The train, an express…
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