AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE, INJURING MORE THAN 170. WE GET DETAILS TONIGHT FROM NBC
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THE DEADLY
AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY TRAIN
WRECK IN NORTHERN TAIWAN.
THIS AERIAL FOOTAGE REVEALING
THE SCALE OF DISASTER, A ZIGZAG
OF TWISTED METAL AND FLASHLIGHTS
BEING USED TO SCOUR FOR
SURVIVORS.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS WERE CRUSHED
TO DEATH.
THE INJURED WERE RUSHED TO
NEARBY HOSPITALS AS DESPERATE
FAMILIES CHECKED WHITE BOARDS
FOR UPDATES.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN WAS CARRYING
MORE THAN 360 PASSENGERS FROM A
SUBURB IN TAIPEI TOWARDS A CITY
ON TAIWAN’S EAST COAST WHEN IT
SUDDENLY DERAILED.
CAPABLE OF HANDLING
93-MILE-PER-HOUR SPEEDS, THIS
WAS ONE OF TAIWAN’S NEWER AND
FASTER TRAINS ON A ROUTE POPULAR
WITH TOURISTS.
TAIWAN’S PRESIDENT TWEETING
TODAY’S ACCIDENT IS A MAJOR
TRAGEDY.
AUTHORITIES TONIGHT HAVE
LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
WHAT CAUSED TAIWAN’S WORST RAIL