[VIDEO] 50 Killed, Scores Injured After Taiwan Train Bound For Taitung Derails In Tunnel

50 people were killed while leaving many others injured over in Taiwan after a passenger train got derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan. The eight-car train bound for Taitung may have happened when one of the vehicles slipped from a slope near the tunnel and hit the moving train on Friday morning.

According to CNN, the train carried about 490 passengers with at least 50 killed and many injured. The train’s driver was among the fatalities with 69 survivors sent to different hospitals for treatment around Hualien County.

The names of the casualties have yet to be identified. Most of the people who were in the carriage that got the worst damage have been removed. Among the fatalities include a French, two Japanese and a Macau national.

Videos of the mishap spread over social media showing parts of an industrial vehicle heavy equipment. In one of the videos, a man could be heard saying:

"Our train hit the truck. Where is this place? Qingshui Tunnel, the accident happened at Qingshui Tunnel. The train hit the truck, the truck fell off. It's lucky that I was at the later carriage -- I was at the fourth carriage."

The horrific images of the train crash showed carriages inside the tunnel crumbled and ripped apart due to the impact. People who survived could be seen trying to get their belongings with the tracks littered by debris as a result of the wreckage. Friday's crash is Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades.

In a report from BBC, some people who were located at the back of the train were left unscathed while some people riding in the first four carriages were rescued. Most of the fatalities and those who were injured badly came from the four crumpled carriages inside the tunnel.

"It felt like there was a sudden violent jolt and I found myself falling to the floor," one female survivor said to Taiwan's UDN. "We broke the window to climb to the roof of the train to get out."

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen tweeted that emergency services have been fully mobilized to rescue and aid passengers as well as railway staff affected by the incident.

"We will continue to do everything we can to ensure their safety in the wake of this heartbreaking incident," the Taiwanese president said.