Truck Owner Behind Deadly Taiwan Train Crash Apologizes, Transport Minister Offers to Resign

Truck Owner Behind Deadly Taiwan Train Crash Apologizes, Transport Minister Offers to Resign
In this image taken from video, Lee Yi-hsiang, the driver of the truck that caused the train accident on Saturday, offers a public apology as he is led by police, in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 4, 2021. EBC via AP
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The manager of a construction site whose truck slid onto rail tracks causing a catastrophic train crash in Taiwan 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.

The transport minister has offered to resign, but his offer was rejected for now.