China News Service, April 3, Taiwanese media reported that the Taiwan Railway "Taroko" was hit and derailed by a construction vehicle at the Qingshui Tunnel in Hualien on the 2nd, resulting in 50 deaths.
Taiwan’s High Prosecutor’s Office said early this morning that the Hualien District Prosecutor’s Office has completed preliminary checks and confirmed 30 identities, and the number of confirmations continues to increase.
In addition, damaged train cars are being pulled out one after another at the scene of the accident.
Yesterday was the first day of the Ching Ming Festival. From Shulin to Taitung’s 408 Taroko, passing through the Heren section of Xiulin Township in Hualien, an accident occurred in the Daqingshui Tunnel.
The Taiwan Railway Administration today set up a special section "0402 Taiwan Railways 408 Times Taroko Accidents" on its official website, and announced the list of the dead and injured as well as the records of public meetings for family inquiries.
On the morning of the 2nd, there were 408 derailment accidents on the Taroko Taiwan Railway.
Photo Source: Photographed by Wang Yanhua, reporter of "United Daily News" in Taiwan
The Taiwan Railway Administration has also set up a dedicated window. For inquiries about the family members who died and injured, you can dial the customer service number of the Taiwan Railway Administration or the special line for this case, or go to the service counter of each station and the designated station master’s office at Taipei Station. There will be someone to help explain, and assist in arranging the required transportation and accommodation.
In the part of condolences to the families of the casualties, the Taiwan Railway Administration has sent personnel to visit the injured and the families of the deceased one by one.
According to the latest news, after the search and rescue work has come to an end, the Taiwan Railway Administration has rushed through. The first carriage has been pulled out and the second section is being hung; the more severely damaged sections 7 and 8 are planned to be pulled by the tunnel at the other end. Out.
Lin Jialong, head of the transportation department of the Taiwan authorities, said this morning that the first carriage was pulled out at 6 o'clock, and the second and third carriages continued to be suspended. As the carriages were stuck in the tunnel, the emergency repair work was very difficult, and one section was required. To make a judgment, it will speed up under the premise of safety, and hope to complete the emergency repair earlier than the original estimated time of one week, so that the railway will resume normal operation.
Lin Jialong said that every time a car is pulled out, the inspection and transportation committee will enter the car for evidence search and inspection. During the process, the transportation department will fully cooperate to help speed up the process.
After being investigated by the prosecutor, the person in charge of Yixiang Industrial Co., Ltd., who belongs to the construction vehicle involved in the accident, was detained by the prosecutor late at night.
It is understood that the prosecutor’s grounds for the detention are that the criminal suspicion is serious and there is a risk of fleeing and colluding evidence. In addition, the person in charge of Li was very emotional during the investigation.
Yixiang Industrial Co., Ltd. is an outsourcer of the Taiwan Railway Committee. When the person in charge named Li visited the construction site above the rail near the north entrance of the Qingshui Tunnel yesterday, he was suspected of slipping and slipping onto the rail because the handbrake was not tight when parking. This was 408 times. The Taroko hit, causing heavy casualties.