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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Speeding has been the main cause of a train derailment in Taiwan, which left 18 dead and many injured, investigators said Tuesday.
A Cabinet working group found that the train was entering a 140 km / h curve, nearly twice the maximum speed allowed for the section, the Central News Agency reported.
The Association stated that the train driver had been investigated for suspicion of negligence, particularly with regard to the deactivation of the automatic train protection system which would have caused him to be stopped. Possible mechanical problems of the train were also examined.
Japanese-built 6-year-old Puyuma trains were designed to travel 150 km / h (93 mph) to facilitate transportation on rugged parts of the east coast of the island. mountainous. They are designed to bend around corners, speeding up journeys and lightening the road network that crosses the central mountain range of Taiwan.
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The train was carrying over 360 passengers and about 180 people were injured on Tuesday.
Sunday's crash was the deadliest railway disaster in Taiwan since the wreckage of a train in 1991 that killed 30 people.
