| 2023 Taichung crane collapse | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 10 May 2023 12:27pm |
| Location | Near Feng-le Park metro station, Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Line | Green Line |
| Operator | Taichung Mass Rapid Transit System Co |
| Incident type | Collision between train and crane |
| Cause | Line obstructed; under investigation |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 Kawasaki-TRSC Green Line driverless EMU |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 10 |
On 10 May 2023, a construction crane fell 30 floors from a construction site of Highwealth Construction Corp onto a moving Taichung Metro Green Line train south of Feng-le Park metro station, Taichung, Taiwan, killing 1 and injuring 10 passengers onboard.[1][2][3]
The deceased passenger, legal scholar Lin Shu-ya, 52, was ejected out of the train carriage upon impact, resulting in her being crushed under the same train.[1][4]
One passenger onboard, a Canadian national, claimed that the driverless train was stationary when the crane fell onto the tracks and the train then proceeded to drive and collide straight onto the fallen crane.[5][6]
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- ^ Su Mu-chun; Chao Li-yen; Flor Wang; Matthew Mazzetta (10 May 2023). "1 dead, 8 injured after crane boom collapses on MRT in Taichung (update)". Focus News Taiwan. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Chung, Jake (11 May 2023). "Train hits fallen crane boom in Taichung, killing one". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Huang, Guo-fang; Chao, Li-yen; Liu, Shih-yi; Chang, Hsiung-feng; Chen, Chun-hua; Tsai, Chih-ming; Lo, James (11 May 2023). "Legal scholar who died in Taichung MRT accident remembered as spirited advocate". Central News Agency. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Charlier, Phillip (10 May 2023). "Witness says metro train was stopped when crane fell onto tracks: train then drove into it". Taiwan English News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Tragedy in Taiwan: crane boom collapses and crashes on subway". MSN. Retrieved 2023-05-10.