Train hit vehicle at more than 120km/h, about a minute after the truck rolled onto the tracks, crash experts say
The runaway truck that caused Taiwan’s worst rail disaster in decades slid onto the train tracks just over a minute before an express train came through at more than 120km/h, investigators have said, as newly released footage revealed the drivers’ attempts to brake.
At least 50 people were killed and around 200 injured on Friday last week when the eight-car train hit a construction vehicle that had rolled down an embankment, derailing the carriages as they entered a stretch of tunnel just outside the east coast city of Hualien.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/07/taiwan-train-crash-new-footage-released-as-experts-piece-together-last-moments
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Helen Davidson in Taipei
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