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Taiwan Steps Up Probe Into Deadly High-Speed Train Accident
- Two cars may contain remains of additional victims: rescuers
- Tsai visits hospitals, promises aid to families of deceased
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Taiwan stepped up investigations into its deadliest train accident in seven decades, which killed 51 people and injured more than 100.
Preliminary assessments showed a crane truck rolled down from a position above the rail line which the passing train was on, according to the Transportation Safety Board. The collision caused the first five carriages of the eight-coach Taroko Express to derail and pile up inside the narrow, single-track tunnel in Hualien County, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) from Taipei.