{"id":116948,"date":"2021-04-02T21:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116948"},"modified":"2021-04-02T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:42:28","slug":"update-at-least-48-dead-as-taiwan-train-derails-in-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116948","title":{"rendered":"Update: At least 48 dead as Taiwan train derails in tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tyuyio.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tyuyio-696x464.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TAIPEI, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island\u2019s worst railway accident in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s National Fire Agency said at least 48 people were confirmed dead with 66 others sent to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle sliding down an embankment and striking the train before it entered the tunnel near the coastal city of Hualien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was a construction vehicle that didn\u2019t park properly and slid onto the rail track,\u201d Hualien county police chief Tsai Ding-hsien told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is our initial understanding and we are clarifying the cause of the incident,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media pictures from the scene showed the back of a yellow flatbed truck on its side next to the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s office said she had ordered hospitals to prepare for a mass casualty event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe top priority now is to rescue the stranded people,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident occurred on Taiwan\u2019s eastern railway line around 9:30 am (0130 GMT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By mid-afternoon, officials said there were no people left inside the carriages. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAIPEI, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island\u2019s worst railway accident in decades. Taiwan\u2019s National Fire Agency said at least 48 people were confirmed dead with 66 others sent to hospital. Officials said the accident could have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":116949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116948"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}