EAST COAST TRAGEDY: Injured passengers were taken to four hospitals in Yilan County, including one in Suao, two in Luodong and one in Lanyang, the TRA said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 22, 2018
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Eighteen people were killed and 171 injured yesterday after an eastbound Puyuma
Onlookers watch rescue operations after the derailment of a Puyuma Express train near the Sinma Train Station in Yilan County yesterday. Photo: CNA
Express train, No. 6432, carrying 366 passengers, derailed at 4:50pm near the Sinma (新馬) Train Station in Yilan County, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said.
The agency had earlier put the death toll at 22, but at 10:45pm it lowered the number to 18.
All eight passenger cars jumped the tracks and five overturned, the TRA said.
Firefighters from Yilan County, New Taipei City and Keelung were dispatched, while the Ministry of National Defense deployed 120 military personnel, ambulances and other equipment to help with rescue efforts. [FULL STORY]
