18 killed and 178 injured in train derailment in Taiwan

At least 18 people have been killed and 178 others injured after a train derailed in Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan.....

According to an update from the island's transport ministry; the train was traveling between the cities of Shulin and Taitung when it derailed Sunday on a coastal line reportedly popular with tourists.

The train was carrying 366 passengers when the accident occurred just before 5 pm local time and all eight train carriages derailed in the incident, with five of these overturning.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.