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One of Taiwan's Fastest Trains Derails, Killing At Least 18
Dongshan Township, Taiwan (AP) -- One of Taiwan's fastest passenger trains derailed Sunday on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 170 others, authorities said.
Carriages of the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan's northeastern Yilan county on Oct. 22, 2018, a day after the train derailed at high speed near Xinma station.
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Dongshan Township, Taiwan (AP) -- One of Taiwan's fastest passenger trains derailed Sunday on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 170 others, authorities said.
The Puyuma express was carrying more than 360 passengers from a suburb of Taipei in the north to Taitung, a city on Taiwan's southeast coast, when it went off the tracks shortly before 5 p.m., the government said in a statement.