Train accident injuries rise, death toll drops to 50Staff writer, with CNAThe number of people injured in a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) train accident in Hualien County on Friday has increased to 200, the Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC) said. As of press time last night, the confirmed death toll had been revised from 51 to 50 by the Hualien District Prosecutors’ Office after DNA testing. Workers use cranes and diggers to remove a train wreckage from a stretch of railroad in Hualien County yesterday. The first five carriages of the train derailed and piled up inside the narrow, single-track tunnel. From the sixth day after their arrival, they would be allowed to take a PCR test every three days if they need to apply for compassionate leave from quarantine, it said.

Source: Taipei Times April 04, 2021 15:56 UTC