Taiwan train crash: dozens dead after express service derails in tunnel

At least 50 people die as train crashes near Hualien City at the start of holiday weekend

Dozens of people have been killed in a train derailment on the east coast of Taiwan, the island’s worst rail disaster in decades.

The 408 Taroko Express was travelling south on the first day of a long weekend, carrying hundreds of passengers towards Taitung, when it crashed inside a tunnel just outside Hualien City at about 9.30am local time, authorities said.

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