FILE PHOTO: Damaged train carriages are seen at the site after the deadly train derailment in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The truck which collided with a Taiwanese express train last week killing 50 people slid onto the tracks only around one minute before the accident happened, the government said on Tuesday, as it released dramatic footage of the impact.
The packed train carrying almost 500 passengers and crew slammed into a truck near the eastern city of Hualien on Friday, causing it to derail and the front and middle parts to crumple. It was the island's worst rail accident in seven decades.
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