Truck Operator Found Primarily Responsible for Deadly 2021 Train Crash

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A court has found the construction contractors involved in Taiwan's deadliest train crash in 70 years primarily responsible for the accident. The derailment, which happened in 2021, killed 49 people and injured more than 200.

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00:00A court has ruled that construction contractors are mainly to blame for causing the country's

00:05deadliest train crash in 70 years.

00:0949 people were killed and more than 200 injured in 2021 when an express train collided with

00:16a construction truck that had tumbled down a hillside onto the tracks.

00:21The court found that the contractors were 60% responsible and must pay the victims more

00:27than US$700,000 in compensation.

00:31The Taiwan Railway Corporation was found to be 40% responsible due to poor supervision.

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