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One of the survivors said the train passengers were mostly family members. He said that when the train skidded, the bodies of the passengers piled up on top of each other.
“People were falling and colliding and falling, one on top of the other. It was terrible. There were a lot of families there,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity, Reuters reported on Friday (2/4/2021). .
The train, which carries many tourists and people returning home at the beginning of a long traditional weekend to care for family graves. Also read: This train crashes into a truck and then slides into a tunnel, 36 dead
Taiwanese media said that many people stood up because the train was very busy and was being shaken by the impact of the accident. The media shows images of survivors taken from the tunnel.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese authorities said the death toll in the incident had risen to 48, from 36 previously.
Meanwhile, regarding the number of passengers, Taiwan’s Transportation Minister Lin Chia-lung said that the train was carrying around 490 people, this figure is also higher than the previous figure of 350 people, which was broadcast by firefighters.
The accident itself is the deadliest accident in the island nation, surpassing the train accident that occurred in 1991, in which 30 people died. Also Read: Roaming Above Taiwan, 11 Chinese Fighter Planes Make Clamp Moves
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