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Taiwanese rescuers were trying on Monday to retrieve the last body of a passenger from wreckage of a deadly train crash last week.

The victims include two Americans and one French national.

Rescuers work at the site a day after a deadly train derailment at a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan on Apr 3, 2021. Taiwan's government has promised compensation and said it would do everything it could to help survivors and their relatives, including coordinating public donations.The damaged section of the track is not expected to reopen until Apr 20 at the earliest, though rail traffic continues on a parallel track that runs through another tunnel and was not affected by the accident.

The crash occurred at the start of a long weekend for the traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, when people return home to tend to family graves. Taiwan has no domestic travel curbs, as the COVID-19 pandemic is well under control, with only 40 active cases in hospitals.Source: Reuters/ga

 

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