Solemn remembrance: Relatives of the train derailment’s victims paying tribute to them during a ceremony in Yilan district. — Reuters
Taipei: A train that derailed and killed 18 people in Taiwan was speeding when it flipped off the tracks, a court said, with the driver suspected of “professional negligence” for switching off a speed control system.
The crash on the popular east coast line injured 187 people on Sunday and left the Puyuma Express lying zig-zagged across the tracks in the island’s deadliest rail accident for a quarter century.
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