{"id":377179,"date":"2021-04-02T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=377179"},"modified":"2021-04-02T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:01:38","slug":"at-least-50-killed-in-taiwans-deadliest-rail-disaster-train-carrying-nearly-500-people-crashes-and-derails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-50-killed-in-taiwans-deadliest-rail-disaster-train-carrying-nearly-500-people-crashes-and-derails\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 50 Killed In Taiwan\u2019s \u2018Deadliest Rail Disaster,\u2019 Train Carrying Nearly 500 People Crashes And Derails"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-50-killed-in-taiwans-deadliest-rail-disaster-train-carrying-nearly-500-people-crashes-and-derails%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=377179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Taiwan after a train carrying nearly 500 passengers crashed and derailed while traveling through a tunnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>The eight-carriage train reportedly hit a construction vehicle that had slipped onto the tracks at the tunnel\u2019s mouth,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-56612248\">BBC<\/a>, which reported that passengers who were able had to crawl through windows to reach safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/taiwan-train-crash-at-least-34-killed-72-injured\">Fox News<\/a> added that \u201c<\/span><span>The rail disaster \u2014 which officials are calling the deadliest of its kind in Taiwan\u2019s history \u2014 happened after a train carrying more than 400 people collided with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill. The train had only partially emerged from a tunnel at the time of the incident and more than 100 people have been confirmed injured, the National Fire Service added.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMany people were crushed under train seats in the collision. And there were other people on top of the seats. So those at the bottom were pressed and crushed and lost consciousness,\u201d one passenger told Taiwanese broadcaster EBC. \u201cAt the beginning, they still responded when we called them. But I guess they lost consciousness afterward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The crash \u2014 which took place at approximately 09:00 local time \u2014 occurred near the Taroko Gorge, one of Taiwan\u2019s nine national parks, \u201c<\/span><span>on the first day of a long holiday weekend when many people were using Taiwan\u2019s extensive rail system.\u201d The 408 train was traveling from capital Taipei to Taitung, and is \u201c<\/span><span>one of the fastest deployed on a network that is generally considered safe,\u201d reaching speeds of 80 miles per hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206441\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-206441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232069582-864x576.jpg\" alt=\"HUALIEN, TAIWAN - APRIL 02: Rescuers work near the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 2, 2021 in Hualien, Taiwan. Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in the train derailment, the island\u2019s worst rail disaster in decades.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-206441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Billy H.C. Kwok\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Fox News added that \u201cThe National Fire Service confirmed the death toll, which included the train\u2019s young, newly married driver, and said all aboard had now been accounted for. Railways news officer Weng Hui-ping called the crash Taiwan\u2019s deadliest rail disaster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One survivor told Taiwain\u2019s UDN, \u201cIt felt like there was a sudden violent jolt and I found myself falling to the floor,\u201d adding,\u201cWe broke the window to climb to the roof of the train to get out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One rescued passenger said: \u201cMy whole body fell to the floor. I hit my head and it started bleeding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Some of the dead are still awaiting identification, the government added Friday, but authorities believe that everyone trapped within the train\u2019s heavily damaged carriages have been removed. Officials said a French citizen was killed in the crash, while two Japanese citizens and a citizen of Macau were among those injured,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/01\/asia\/taiwan-train-derail-intl-hnk\/index.html\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>A video on social media showed parts of an industrial vehicle heavy equipment, along with what looks like a car door beside the derailed train. In the video, a man can be heard saying, \u2018Our train hit the truck. Where is this place? Qingshui Tunnel, the accident happened at Qingshui Tunnel. The train hit the truck, the truck fell off. It\u2019s lucky that I was at the later carriage \u2014 I was at the fourth carriage,\u2019\u201d CNN noted.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Taiwan after a train carrying nearly 500 passengers crashed and derailed while traveling through a tunnel.\u201cThe eight-carriage train &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311575,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232069582-864x576.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"At Least 50 Killed In Taiwan\u2019s \u2018Deadliest Rail Disaster,\u2019 Train Carrying Nearly 500 People Crashes And Derails","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232069582-864x576.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"At Least 50 Killed In Taiwan\u2019s \u2018Deadliest Rail Disaster,\u2019 Train Carrying Nearly 500 People Crashes And Derails","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}