{"id":4352,"date":"2021-04-02T16:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=4352"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:46:39","slug":"taiwan-dozens-killed-as-train-crashes-and-derails-in-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=4352","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan: Dozens Killed as Train Crashes and Derails in Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/117820268_066546782.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/117820268_066546782.jpg?w=976&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/117820268_066546782.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/117820268_066546782.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nApril 2, 2021<br \/>\nRescue efforts continue as up to 200 people remain trapped after the train derailment<br \/>\nAt least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a train carrying nearly 500 crashed and then derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-carriage train reportedly hit a construction vehicle that had slipped onto the tracks at the tunnel&#8217;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers combed badly damaged carriages inside the tunnel to find survivors, some of whom smashed windows to flee.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/460-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4354\"\n\nThe train, from the capital Taipei to Taitung, was carrying people travelling for a long-weekend annual holiday.\n\nMany people may have been standing because the train was so full.\n\nThe 408 train is one of the fastest deployed on a network that is generally considered safe. It can reach speeds of 130km\/h (80mph).\n\nFriday's crash is Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades. President Tsai Ing-wen has sent her condolences to the families of the victims and ordered an investigation.\n\nSome people at the back of the train were able to walk away unscathed, while 100 were rescued from the first four carriages. Many of the dead, injured and trapped were in four crumpled carriages inside the tunnel.\n\n\"It felt like there was a sudden violent jolt and I found myself falling to the floor,\" one female survivor told Taiwan's UDN. \"We broke the window to climb to the roof of the train to get out.\"\n\nAnother rescued woman said: \"My whole body fell to the floor. I hit my head and it started bleeding.\"\n\nA 50-year-old survivor told Apple Daily she saw many people trapped under their seats and when she walked out of her carriage she saw bodies everywhere.\n\nIt is not known how the vehicle slipped down the embankment.\n\nTaiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang visited the crash site on Friday afternoon.\n\nTaiwan has an impressive transportation network, including more than 1,000km of railway tracks. 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