Taiwan’s transport minister, Lin Chia-lung, has resigned over the crash. April 3, 2021 | Hualien, Taiwan. (Central News Agency/Kyodo) Lee is the driver of a crane truck that rolled down a slope on April 2, hitting an express train as it was passing through a tunnel. Suspect ID'd at scene of Taiwan's worst train derailment in decades The No. Workers remove a derailed train from a tunnel in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan on April 6, 2021. More Than 50 Dead, Dozens Injured As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel. The train, which was traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel at around 9:00 a.m. local time, causing some carriages to hit the walls, the local fire department said. In 2018, a passenger train with 366 passengers on board derailed in Taiwan's Yilan County, claiming 18 lives and wounding over 160 others. Rescue team help one of the stranded passengers down from the roof of a train which derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 2, 2021, in this still image taken from video. In this image made from a video released by hsnews.com.tw, a passenger, center, is helped to climb out of a derailed train in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan Friday, April 2, 2021. Friday, April 2, 2021 ... 2021 More Events → ATLANTIC CROSSING On MASTERPIECE. Members of the Tzu Chi Foundation take part in a prayer as rescuers transfer bodies at Xincheng railway station after a train derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 2, 2021. A rescue mission is underway. A rescue worker guides to remove a part of the derailed train near Taroko Gorge. 408 Taroko express train, packed with passengers at the start of a four-day holiday period, derailed at 9:28 a.m. while passing through a tunnel in Hualien County as it was traveling from Shuling in New Taipei to the southeastern city of Taitung. The last major train derailment in Taiwan was in 2018 and killed 18 people on the same line. A damaged train carriage is seen at the site of the deadly train derailment at a tunnel, north of Hualien, Taiwan April 4, 2021. The derailment of the eight-car Taroko Express train on Friday morning was the worst such disaster in Taiwan in four decades, killing at least 50 people, including two train … A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel afte TAIPEI, Taiwan ... 18 people were killed and 170 others injured after a train derailed in northeastern Taiwan’s Yilan County. April 16, 2021.