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The suspect construction vehicle slipped without pulling the handbrake, causing the Taiwan Railroad train to derail, both drivers were killed and a mainland citizen was injured.
Our reporter Lu Bingyang reports from Beijing
The cause of the derailment of the Taroko 408 train (hereinafter referred to as the “Taroko accident”) which occurred on April 2 by the Taiwan Railway Administration of China (hereinafter the “Taiwan Railway Administration”) was initially investigated. . It is suspected that the construction vehicle slid to the first line of the track because it did not apply the parking brake, and later the 408 train collided with it.
The Central Disaster Response Center for Major Road Traffic Accidents in Taiwan, China issued the “408th Heren Chongde Accident Report (Clean Water Tunnel) on April 2” (hereinafter the “Report”) at 19:00 on April 3, indicating that Taiwan The construction company commissioned by the Railway Administration for grade improvement, the site manager of Dongxin Construction Company drove a truck to inspect the site around 9 am on the day 2, and parked the truck on the construction road. After the site manager entered the work station, the truck slipped 20 meters for some reason (20 meters), slipped on the construction access road to the Dongzheng Line (K51 + 450), and the 408 train collided with the pass, causing an accident.
The “Report” stated that as to why the truck slipped, it will focus on whether the truck has a handbrake or whether the handbrake has a bad steering.
On April 2, a derailment occurred when the 408 “Taroko” train traveled to the Daqingshui Tunnel in Hualien County. “Report” shows that the accident has caused 51 deaths and 188 injured. Currently, the identities of 47 victims have been confirmed and both the driver and the driver’s assistant have been killed.
“Report” said the victims included a French and two Americans. The 188 injured included a continental, two Japanese and an Australian. So far, 145 people have been discharged from the hospital, 41 were hospitalized and another 2 died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Regarding condolences to the victims and their families for the accident, the “Report” indicated that the Taiwan Railroad Administration offered condolences to the injured and the families of the deceased one by one, including a death condolence of $ 100,000. Taiwanese (approximately 23,000 yuan). and an injury condolence of NT $ 5,000 (approximately RMB 1150). The Taiwan Railways Administration has hired staff to provide personalized attention to the families of the victims.
At present, the Dongzheng Line is interrupted and the road is damaged for 500 meters (500 meters). Half of Taroko’s first, second, and third cars are outside the tunnel, and the rest of the cars are inside the tunnel. The tram line is knocked down for 150 meters (150 meters), the conductor rail was damaged 400 meters (400 meters).
Regarding the progress of emergency repairs at the accident site, the Taiwan Railways Administration stated that the Taroko train will take 5 days to leave the scene, that is, complete before April 6. The road repair will be completed on April 7. and the tram line and conductor rail will be repaired before April 8. The Dongzheng Line is expected to open at 24:00 on April 8.
Regarding the cause of the “Taroko accident” and the hidden safety hazards exposed by the accident, Zuo Dajie, associate professor at Southwest Jiaotong University School of Transportation and Logistics and a second-level national safety assessor, analyzed to a China Business News reporter that first, security facilities are not in place, strict isolation is not implemented in areas where vehicles may invade the main line, and there is no automatic alarm after the work team of construction invades the limits; secondly, there are flaws in the safety management, firstly, the improper operation of the truck driver caused the vehicle to slip, and then the operator did not find the project. The vehicle slipped and entered the main line, or the engineering vehicle slipped but was not reported.
Regarding whether the 408 train driver has the ability to apply braking, Zuo Dajie said this should be analyzed in conjunction with data from the train’s operation control system. In the section of the curve at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour or also Late to brake, Zuo Dajie believes that the driver is not responsible.
He said that based on existing data, it is speculated that only some of the trains derailed without overturning, proving that the driver has taken emergency braking measures, otherwise the impact will be more severe. If this is the case, not only cannot the two drivers be blamed, but they must get enough rewards. “Due to a more violent collision, the train will block the tunnel entrance like a pile of arhats. Such a situation may result in hundreds of people. death. “
The Taroko Express (Taroko Express), the full name of the Ziqiang Taroko train, is named after Taroko, a picturesque place located on the outskirts of Hualien City. The vehicle is a TEMU1000 tilt electric EMU, which was introduced by the Taiwan Railway Bureau in 2008. The prototype of the vehicle is the Japanese JR Kyushu series 885 electric locomotive. It has 4 engines and 4 trailers and is a narrow gauge train ( gauge 1067 mm) Manufacturer is Hitachi from Japan. The maximum designed speed of the train is 150 km / h, and the maximum operating speed is 130 km / h, which is the same as that of the 885 series electric train.
The so-called Incline Train is a train whose body can swing sideways when turning. The biggest difference between tipper trains and regular trains is that tipper trains can travel faster when going through curves. They are suitable for curvy railways in mountainous areas, but comfort is poor; And because the train bogie has a diameter of A bogies, the manufacturing process is complicated and the reliability is lower than that of ordinary trains.
(Editor: Hao Cheng review: Yan Yuxia)
