Truck owner behind deadly Taiwan train crash apologizes

5 days ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The owner of a construction truck that caused Taiwan’s worst rail accident in decades, killing 48 people, apologized in tears while being led away from his home by police on Sunday. The unmanned truck’s emergency brake was not properly engaged, according to the government’s disaster relief center. An investigation is underway as to how exactly Lee Yi-Hsiang’s