«Breaking News» At least 22 people are killed after passenger train derails in Taiwan

At least 22 people have died after an express train derailed and flipped over on a popular coastal tourist route in Taiwan on Sunday, in the island's worst rail accident for more than 20 years.

Taiwan's railways administration confirmed 22 people had been killed and said 171 people had been injured, 10 seriously, in the accident in northeastern Yilan county.  

They said there had been 366 people on board the service en route to the southern city of Taitung when the accident happened at 4.50pm local time.

Authorities have not confirmed if any passengers remain trapped alive inside the train. 

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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 

More bodies were being brought out of the wrecked carriages, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.

Images from the site showed the Puyuma Express train completely derailed and lying zig-zagged across the track.

All of the train's eight carriages had derailed and five had flipped onto their side near Xinma station, the railways administration said.

'There are four carriages that were overturned at 90 degrees and the worst  casualties were in those carriages,' Jason Lu, head of the Taiwan Railways Administration told reporters.

'The exact cause of the accident is pending investigation,' he added.

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

Chang Yi-long, 62, said he had 'heard a loud bang' as he was working at a construction site nearby.

When he arrived at the scene he saw local residents helping train passengers to escape. 

One passenger told Apple Daily Taiwan that the train had put on its 'emergency brake' twice on the journey and that the electricity supply had been patchy.

Hong Kong's broadcaster RTHK reported another passenger saying the train had been preparing to accelerate before overturning and had been shaking intensely, adding that some passengers were asleep at the time of the accident. 

The defence ministry said it had sent in 120 soldiers to help the rescue.

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

President Tsai Ing-wen described the accident as a 'major tragedy' in a tweet on Sunday evening.

'My thoughts are with all the victims and their families,' she added.

The crash was the worst rail accident in Taiwan since 1991 when 30 passengers were killed and 112 injured after two trains collided in Miaoli.

Thirty were also killed in 1981 after a truck collided with a passenger train at a level crossing and sent coaches over a bridge in Hsinchu.

The worst crash in recent years was in 2003 when 17 died and 156 were injured after a train on the Alishan mountain railway plunged into a chasm at the side of the track.

 

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