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Taiwan train derailment inside tunnel kills at least 36, leaves scores trapped in wreckage
At least 36 people have been killed and some 70 remain trapped in wreckage after a train in Taiwan derailed in a tunnel on Friday after apparently hitting a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site.
Key points:
- The train was carrying around 350 people
- More than 40 people have already been taken to hospital
- The accident occurred at the start of a long weekend for the traditional Tomb Sweeping Day
The crash, which also injured more than 40 passengers, is the island’s worst rail disaster in at least four decades.
The train, an express travelling from Taipei to Taitung carrying many tourists and people heading home at the start of a long weekend, came off the rails north of Hualien in eastern Taiwan, the fire department…
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