At least 18 people have died after an express train derailed and flipped over on a popular coastal tourist route in Taiwan yesterday, the island’s worst rail accident for more than 25 years.
Images from the site showed the Puyuma Express train completely derailed and lying zig-zagged across the track in northeastern Yilan county. All of the train’s eight carriages had derailed and five had flipped onto their side near Xinma station, the railways administration said, adding that 366 people were on board the service en route to the southern city of Taitung.
The defence ministry said it had sent in 120 soldiers to help the rescue. President Tsai Ing-wen described the accident as a “major tragedy” in a Tweet Sunday evening. “My thoughts are with all the victims and their families,” she added. The crash was the worst rail accident in Taiwan since 1991, when 30 passengers were killed and 112 injured after two trains collided in…
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