«Breaking News» At least 17 people are killed after passenger train derails in Taiwan

Eighteen people were killed and at least 160 others injured when one of Taiwan's newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route.

The Puyuma express train was carrying more than 366 passengers when it went off the tracks in northeastern Yilan county at 4.50pm local time on Sunday, the Taiwan central government said.

It was travelling from a suburb of Taipei towards Taitung, a city on Taiwan's south-east coast.

Eighteen people have died after a train derailed and flipped over in Taiwan on Sunday

Rescuers tend to injured passengers after a train derailed in Yilan, Taiwan, on Sunday 

The railway administration, citing the fire department, said 17 people died of cardiac arrest. The injured were being treated in four different hospitals.

Photos from the scene just south of the city of Luodong showed the train's eight cars in a zig-zag formation near the tracks, some on their sides.

Most of the deaths were in the first car, which flipped over, a government spokesman said. 

Passengers were trying to escape through train windows and that bystanders had gathered to help them before rescuers arrived, local media reports said.

More than 100 people have also been injured in the accident in northeastern Yilan county

Images from the site showed the high-speed train lying zig-zagged across the track

It is unclear how many people were still trapped in the train, said the spokesman.

More than 20 soldiers had joined firefighters in their rescue work.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the derailment.

Taiwan authorities said the accident happened at 4.50pm local time, with no cause yet given

 At least five carriages had flipped over and were lying on their side after the derailment

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