Taiwan minister says he takes responsibility for train crash
The government has promised compensation amid growing questions over safety lapses that could have contributed to the disaster
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Hualien, Taiwan
TAIWAN'S transport minister said on Sunday that he would not shirk his responsibility for a deadly train crash even as his resignation offer was rejected amid growing questions over safety lapses that could have contributed to the disaster.
In the island's worst rail accident in seven decades, 51 people have been confirmed dead after a packed express train slammed into a truck near the eastern city of Hualien on Friday, causing it to derail and the front part to crumple.
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