Surveillance footage shows Taiwanese passenger train derailing at high speed as President Tsai Ing-wen urges probe into the crash that leaves 18 dead
- Video shows the eight-car Puyuma Express going around a bend at high speed before losing control
- The incident in north-west Taiwan’s Yilan County yesterday afternoon left 18 people dead and 187 injured
- Cause of the accident is being investigated and officials are reportedly looking into speed as a possible factor
- Train carrying 366 passengers was said to be travelling at a speed of 140 kph (87 mph) at the time of the crash
Footage has emerged showing the moment a passenger train derailed in north-east Taiwan yesterday, leaving 18 people dead and more than 180 injured.
The 12-second video released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency shows the eight-car Puyuma Express going around a bend at high speed before losing control and running off the tracks. It is seen striking and toppling a beam, ripping down metal structures from above the rail as it crashed.
The train carrying 366 passengers was travelling between the cities of Shulin and Taitung when it derailed on the popular coastal line route just before 5 pm local time.
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen pressed for a quick, transparent probe into the cause of one of the island’s worst train crashes as the search of the derailed cars ended and crash investigators examined the wreckage in Yilan County today.
more videos
- 1
- 2
- 3
-
-
Watch video
Migrant caravan swells to thousands as it heads to US border
-
Watch video
Prince Harry and Meghan walk hand-in-hand on Fraser Island
-
Watch video
Raucous revelers drink before infamous Far Hills race in NJ
-
Watch video
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greet crowds on Fraser Island
-
Watch video
Meghan wears flowing maroon dress arriving to Fraser Island
-
Watch video
Mentally disabled eight-year-old boy handcuffed by police
-
Watch video
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle return to Admiralty House
-
Watch video
World’s longest sea crossing bridge in Hong Kong ready to open
-
Watch video
El Chapo’s wife shares videos of her glamorous life on Instagram
-
Watch video
Harry blushes after pensioner calls him ‘better looking in person’
-
Watch video
Meghan wears flowing maroon dress boarding boat to Fraser Island
-
Watch video
Prince Harry is welcomed by the Butchulla People on Fraser Island
Footage has emerged showing the moment a passenger train derailed in north-east Taiwan yesterday, leaving 18 people dead
A damaged carriage of the Puyuma Express train is lift by a crane in Yilan County today following the horrific accident
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen listens to a briefing of a search and rescue team at the crash site at Xinma station today
-
World’s longest sea-crossing bridge which stretches 34 MILES…
Prince Andrew’s internet tycoon friend ‘was invited to…
Kindergarten teacher pushes a boy to the ground after… -
The woman who looks LESS THAN half her age! Taiwanese…
Share this article
The cause of the accident is being investigated, the Taiwan Railways Administration said in a news release.
At a news conference today transport ministry officials said they were looking into speed as a possible factor, as well as a report filed by the driver 20 minutes before the incident that said the air pressure in the train’s brakes was ‘too low’, according to a CNN report.
The train was travelling at a speed of 140 kph (87 mph) at the time of the accident, according to Liberty Times Net.
The train is seen striking and toppling a beam, ripping down metal structures from above the rail as it crashed
A general view shows overturned carriages of the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan’s northeastern Yilan after the accident
At a news conference today transport ministry officials said they were looking into speed as a possible factor for the crash
All eight train carriages derailed in the incident, with five overturned in a zig-zag pattern to the left of the tracks
The wreckage had been cleared from the tracks and railway service was restored this morning
Among the dead were eight members of a family returning from a wedding, Taiwan’s railway authority confirmed. They ranged in age from 9 to 67.
Of the total injured, seven were still receiving intensive hospital care this morning.
Tsai offered words of consolation during her visit to one of the four local hospitals treating victims.
She also joined Buddhist monks in prayer before an altar adorned with flowers next to the hospital, while nearby, relatives and friends of the victims wept as they sifted through battered suitcases recovered from the train wreck.
‘We are really sorry … you have to stay strong,’ Tsai told Chen Yu-chan, 41, whose only daughter, a seventh grader, was killed.
Tsai offered words of consolation during her visit to one of the four local hospitals in Yilan treating victims
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen consoles family members of victims from a train derailment at a hospital in Yilan
Rescuers search the crash site for survivors and workers survey the aftermath of the train derailment yesterday
Among the dead were eight members of a family returning from a wedding, Taiwan’s railway authority confirmed
‘We will do everything we can,’ she told another person, who was sobbing at the hospital.
Many of the casualties happened in a carriage at the front of the train, said one official, adding that the driver, surnamed You, has been moved out of intensive care, though his condition was still unstable.
‘We will ask him what happened after he stabilises,’ said Liu Can-huang, head of the car maintenance unit of the railways.
All eight train carriages derailed in the incident, with five overturned in a zig-zag pattern to the left of the tracks.
The train recorder, which tracks speed, among other data, had been sent to prosecutors to be examined, he added.
Many of the casualties happened in a carriage at the front of the train, said one Taiwanese official
The train recorder, which tracks speed, among other data, had been sent to prosecutors to be examined
The damaged Puyuma Express train is lifted in the air behind ghost money, yellow papers for the dead at the crash site
The Puyuma Express began operating in 2013 to negotiate the rough terrain of the east coast and can travel up to 150 kph
The wreckage had been cleared from the tracks and railway service was restored this morning.
The fastest of Taiwan’s regular trains, the Puyuma Express began operating in 2013 to negotiate the rough terrain of the east coast. The 6-year-old trains were built to travel at an especially fast 150 kph (93 mph).
Taiwan Railways bought the Puyuma cars in 2011 from Japanese maker Nippon Sharyo for US$260 million (£200 million). The seller said then that the trains were part of a US$46 billion (£35 billion) upgrade of the line along Taiwan’s east coast.
The train accident is the deadliest in Taiwan since 1991, when a collision in Miaoli County, in the island’s north-west, killed 31 people.
Source: Read Full Article
-
