Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2018
By: Chien Hui-ju, Chiang Chih-hsiung and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Students, teachers and wedding guests were among those killed in the derailment of
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Chun-hsien, fourth left, rear, at a meeting of the Transportation Committee in the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday leads a minute of silence for those killed in the derailment of Puyuma Express No. 6432. Photo: CNA
Puyuma Express No. 6432 on Sunday.
The eastbound train derailed at 4:50pm near the Sinma (新馬) Train Station in Yilan County with 366 passengers onboard, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said.
It was carrying a group of 20 students from Taitung’s Peinan Junior High School’s judo and baseball teams, as well as their principal, Yu Shu-chu (游數珠), three teachers and a tour guide, Chu Yung-chao (朱永照).
They had departed for an event in South Korea on Wednesday last week and were returning from the trip when the derailment happened. [FULL STORY]