Investigators want to know why the driver did not leave his car
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/06
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
A driver died after a Taroko Express train hit his car at a crossing in Hualien. (By Central News Agency)
Investigators were focusing their probe on why the car had been immobile on the train tracks for 40 seconds, the Central News Agency reported.
According to camera footage, the driver, a 54-year-old man named Ho (何), stopped his car on the tracks, but when the barriers went down, he still did not try and leave the vehicle to escape the oncoming train.
The Taroko Express smashed into the small car, which ended upside down by the side of the track, with the train only coming to a halt past the crossing. [FULL STORY]