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41 killed in Taiwan train derailment
Updated On: 02 April, 2021 02:33 PM IST | Taipei | IANS
The train comprised eight carriages and had more than 350 passengers on board.
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Rescue teams at the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan | Pic/AFP
At least 41 people were killed in a deadly train derailment in Taiwan's in Hualien county on Friday, officials said, adding 72 passengers were still trapped.
At 9.28 a.m. (local time), the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) No. 408 Taroko train en route from Shulin, New Taipei, to Taitung, suddenly derailed as it entered the Daqingshui tunnel, reports Taiwan News.
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