7 indicted in Taiwan's deadliest train crash in decades
Apr 16, 2021
Taipei, April 16 (CNA) The Hualien District Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted seven individuals for offenses related to the Taroko Express train crash on April 2 that killed 49 people and injured more than 200 others, the deadliest train accident Taiwan has seen in seven decades.
Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of the crane truck that fell onto the track just a minute before the train crashed into it as it was entering a tunnel, was charged with negligence causing death, according to a press release issued by the district prosecutors office.
Also indicted on the same charge was a 26-year-old Vietnamese migrant worker Hoa Van Hao, who worked for Lee.
According to investigators, Lee was working on a slope stabilization project next to the track that day when his truck accidentally slid part of the way down a slope and got stuck amid some bushes.
He used a strap to tie the truck to an excavator, then tried to use the excavator to pull the truck up, but the strap broke, causing the truck to roll down to the track near Qingshui Tunnel in Hualien County. Hoa helped him during the process.
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