Ministri i Transporteve në Tajvan, Lin Chia-lung, ka dhënë dorëheqjen pasi një aksident hekurudhor ditën e premte shkaktoi vdekjen e të paktën 51 personave dhe plagosjen e 200 të tjerëve.
Sipas CNA, ministri telefonoi kryeministrin e vendit, Su Tseng-chang, duke i thënë se dëshiron të marrë përgjegjësi për tragjedinë dhe të japë dorëheqjen.
Treni kishte 490 pasagjerë kur doli nga shinat në një tunel në veri të Hualien. Dalja nga shinat shkaktoi që disa vagonë të përplaseshin me muret e tunelit. (A2 Televizion)
The families of the victims in a train crash cry as they mourn near Taroko Gorge in Hualien, Taiwan on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The train partially derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday after colliding with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill, killing and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) 
TOPSHOT - Relatives of the victims who died on the derailed train, pray at the accident site on the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 3, 2021. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) 
Rescue workers remove a part of the derailed train near Taroko Gorge in Hualien, Taiwan on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The train partially derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday after colliding with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill, killing and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) 
Rescuers work at the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 2, 2021. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) 
HUALIEN, TAIWAN - APRIL 02: Rescuers work near the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 2, 2021 in Hualien, Taiwan. Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in the train derailment, the island???s worst rail disaster in decades. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images) 
TAIPEI, April 2, 2021 -- Photo taken on April 2, 2021 shows the site of a train derailment in Hualien, southeast China's Taiwan. At least 40 people are feared dead after a train derailed inside a tunnel in east Taiwan on Friday morning, according to local rescuers. The train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel in the county of Hualien, causing some carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel, fire authorities in Hualien said. At least four people were dead and another 36 showed no signs of life, according to the reports of local fire and railway police departments by midday Friday. (Photo by Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Xinhua via Getty Images) 
This aerial view shows rescuers working at the site of a train that derailed after colliding with a railway maintenance vehicle (top yellow) which slipped down an embankment above the tracks in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 2, 2021. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) 
Members of the Tzu Chi Foundation pay their respects as rescuers transfer bodies at Xincheng railway station after a train derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Annabelle Chih 
Editorial use only. HANDOUT /NO SALES Mandatory Credit: Photo by Taiwan Red Cross HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11841727m) A handout photo made available by Taiwan Red Cross shows passengers walking out of a train which derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, 02 April 2021. At least 36 people died and many others were injured when a train carrying 350 people derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien in eastern Taiwan on 02 April. Dozens killed as Taiwan train derails in tunnel, Hualien - 02 Apr 2021 
Rescuers transfer bodies at Xincheng railway station after a train derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Annabelle Chih 
An aerial view shows rescue workers at the site where a train derailed inside a tunnel in the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan on April 2, 2021. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) 
Editorial use only. HANDOUT /NO SALES Mandatory Credit: Photo by Taiwan National Fire Agency HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11841727f) A handout photo made available by Taiwan's National Fire Agency shows passengers walking beside a train which derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, 02 April 2021. At least 36 people died and many others were injured when a train carrying 350 people derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien in eastern Taiwan on 02 April. Dozens killed as Taiwan train derails in tunnel, Hualien - 02 Apr 2021 
Rescuers work at the site after a train derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 
Editorial use only. HANDOUT , NO SALES HANDOUT /NO SALES Mandatory Credit: Photo by Keelung City Fire Department HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11841727i) A handout photo made available by Keelung City Fire Department shows rescuers walking past a train which derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, 02 April 2021. At least 36 people died and many others were injured when a train carrying 350 people derailed in a tunnel north of Hualien in eastern Taiwan on 02 April. Dozens killed as Taiwan train derails in tunnel, Hualien - 02 Apr 2021
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