# (English) Latest Information
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## Statistics
| Death | Injuries | Update Time |
| :-: | :-: | :-: |
| 18 | 187 | 2018/10/22 12:00 |

## Current Status
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(Update time: 2018/10/22 9:48)

* Personnels rescue finished
* Railway reconstruction finished

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### [Train Derailment: Ministry describes emergency response](http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/10/23/2003702873) | TAIPEI TIMES
GOVERNMENT ACTION:Officials said they asked mental healthcare services to help those affected by the incident, while the NHIA is to cover costs for uninsured people
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday outlined emergency services dispatched to the scene of the train derailment in Yilan County on Sunday.

The Puyuma Express No. 6432, carrying 366 passengers, traveling from Shulin Station in New Taipei City to Taitung County derailed at 4:50pm near Sinma (新馬) Train Station, killing 18 people and injuring 190.

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) and Shih Chung-liang (石崇良), Department of Medical Affairs director-general, arrived in Yilan on Sunday evening to establish a medical command center to coordinate healthcare resources on site and visit hospitals where injured people were taken.

The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation reported that blood stocks were sufficient to treat people injured in the incident, Chen said.

The ministry said that injured passengers were taken to 15 nearby hospitals in Yilan, Taipei, Hualien and Taitung.

The bodies of those who were killed were taken to the Suao Branch of Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Yilan for family members to identify, while its Taipei head hospital dispatched healthcare personnel to Suao to assist with treatment, the ministry said.

Four hospitals in Yilan County launched the mechanism for emergency medical healthcare and rescue services for multiple casualties, calling in additional medical staff.

Wang Che-chao (王哲超), director of the ministry’s Public Relations Office, said it asked the Yilan Bureau of Public Health and the Yilan Department of Social Affairs to provide mental healthcare services to family members of those who died.

It also asked the Songde Branch of Taipei City Hospital and the Yuli Branch of Taipei Veterans General Hospital to assist those who were injured as well as their families.

Wang said the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) instructed its Taipei and eastern divisions to process cases regardless of whether they provided National Health Insurance documentation amid exceptional circumstances and the NHIA would cover the costs.

A toll-free, 24-hour hotline is available for people emotionally affected by the incident, the ministry said.

The hotline can be reached at 0800-788-995.

### [Speeding the cause of deadly derailment: Executive Yuan (update)](http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201810220026.aspx) | Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) Speeding was the main reason behind the deadly derailment of a Puyama express train in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday that has left 18 people dead, according to the head of the Executive Yuan task force investigating the cause of the accident.

Confirming widespread suspicions that the train was going too fast at the time of the accident, Minister without Portfolio Wu Tze-cheng (吳澤成) said the train was traveling at 140 kilometers per hour when the train entered a curve and derailed in Yilan County.

The speed limit for that curved area, which has a radius of 300 meters, is 75 kph, Wu said, but he was unable to explain why the train was operating at such a high speed.

Suspecting that the driver may have been professionally negligent, prosecutors on Monday night filed a motion with the Yilan District Court to detain him for further questioning.

The 48-year-old driver was seriously injured in the derailment but his condition improved Monday and he was moved from the intensive care ward.

Prosecutors suspect the driver was at fault in operating the train at too high of a speed and also for shutting off the train's automatic train protection (ATP) system.

Lu Chieh-shen (鹿潔身), director-general of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), said Monday the TRA suspected that the ATP system that would have slowed the train down automatically was turned off manually.

He did not offer further details on how that happened.

Also on Monday, Lu submitted his verbal resignation to Transportation Minister Wu Hong-mo (吳宏謀) in the wake of the deadly derailment, but Wu did not approve it.

The transportation minister said the current priority is to follow up with victims of the accident, which left 18 passengers dead and 190 injured, investigate the cause of the derailment and resume normal train operations in the affected area.

The TRA has also agreed to complete safety checks by Tuesday of all their 18 Puyuma express trains, known for their tilting features that allow them to maintain relatively high speeds on curves.

The trains, introduced in 2013, are part of a railway upgrade in eastern Taiwan to help increase rail capacity and allow more travelers to bypass the area's main roadway, the narrow Suhua Highway, which is highly vulnerable to traffic jams, landslides and road collapses.

Wu will also give a special briefing on the derailment at the Legislature at the request of lawmakers on Wednesday.

According to the Executive Yuan, families of the deceased on the derailed train can receive NT$5.4 million (US$174,600) in compensation for each victim, while the injured can receive up to NT$2.45 million, depending on their condition.

(By Ku Chuan, Lee Hsin-Yin)
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Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA)