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Taiwan train derails killing dozens and injuring scores more

Accident at start of holiday weekend could be the worst rail disaster in decades

A train crash in eastern Taiwan has killed dozens of people, in what could be the country’s worst rail disaster in decades.

At least 48 people were dead and 66 injured, the transportation ministry said. The fire department said the number of casualties was likely to increase.

The train, which was carrying 350 people and was travelling from Taipei to the south-eastern city of Taitung, derailed on Friday morning close to Qingshui, a scenic stretch of coastline where marble cliffs drop into the Pacific Ocean.

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