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Date: 2018/10/22
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Photo Credit: 中央社
Premier William Lai (賴清德) has said external railway accident experts could be called in to help investigate Sunday’s deadly derailment of a Puyuma Express train in Yilan.
According to Lai, officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Yilan District Procurators’ Office are now still collecting evidence from the crash site.
Officials said 18 people have now been confirmed killed in the accident and 175 others were injured.
The train departed from New Taipei bound for Taitung and was carrying 366 passengers.
The Taiwan Railway Administration said that the train derailed at Xinma Station and all eight passenger cars jumped the tracks and five overturned. [FULL STORY]