Photo: ReutersTaiwan's transport minister says he will step down after he and the manager of a construction site whose truck slid on to rail tracks causing a catastrophic train crash accepted responsibility for the disaster. The truck that the train hit had slid down a sloping road on to the track just outside a tunnel. Officials are investigating the manager of the construction site, Lee Yi-hsiang, whose truck is suspected of not having its brakes properly applied. Transport Minister Lin Chia-lung, in a statement on his Facebook page, said he would step down once the initial rescue work had come to an end, adding he "took full responsibility". Deputy transport minister Wang Kwo-tsai said late on Saturday the railway administration needed to take hard look at all these issues.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 04, 2021 22:30 UTC