Train derails in Taiwan, multiple casualties

0
67
Train derails in Taiwan

Taipei, (Asian independent) A train derailed in Taiwan on Friday, causing multiple casualties, according to authorities.

The derailment occurred in a tunnel in Hualian, Xinhua news agency quoted the country’s fire fighting agency as saying.

By around 10.30 a.m. (local time), three severely wounded people had been rushed to a hospital and some 20 others were awaiting treatment, the agency said.

It added that some 80 to 100 people had been evacuated.

Click on the link below to download The Asian Independent App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.yourhost.theasianindependent