Taiwan derailment accident “design mistake” rail authorities sued Sumitomo Corporation for vehicle orders October 31 21:15
Last year, a Japanese train that was operated by a Japanese-made vehicle in Taiwan was derailed and 18 people died. Has filed a lawsuit in Taipei for a compensation of over 2.1 billion yen.
This accident occurred in October last year in Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan, where an express train derailed and 18 passengers died. The driver has been charged with negligence and death as a result of a serious accident that resulted in a serious accident.
The Taiwanese railway authorities had an accident that the Sumitomo Corporation, which received an order for the vehicle, did not have a function to automatically tell the driving command that the safety device was not operating on the Japanese-made vehicle. Accused the Taipei District Court of claiming damages of approximately 611 million Taiwan yuan and Japanese yen of approximately 2,181 million yen.
Taiwan's railway authorities said, “It is a lawsuit based on the results of investigating the cause by experts, and will continue to claim compensation for bereaved families in the future.”
Sumitomo Corporation "refrain from commenting"
Sumitomo said, “I know that there is a report, but I have not received an official letter, so I will refrain from commenting.”