At least 18 dead, 164 injured in Taiwan train derailment

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Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2018 shows the cars of the derailed train in Yilan County, southeast China's Taiwan. At least 18 people died and another 164 injured as of 11 p.m. Sunday, after a passenger train derailed in Taiwan earlier in the afternoon, according to the island's railway authority. The Puyuma Express No. 6432 bound for Taitung from Shulin Station with 366 passengers on board derailed at 4:50 p.m. at Xinma Station, Yilan County. Seventeen people were declared dead before being sent to hospital. All eight cars of the express train derailed, with three of them overturned. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)