UPDATE - Taiwan Train Crash Kills 18, Injures 160

BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st October, 2018) The death toll from a train crash in Taiwan has risen to 18, with 160 people now reported injured, the local fire department said Sunday.

"As of 8:09 p.m., 18 deaths have been confirmed, 160 people are known to have received different injuries," the authority said in a statement.

A Puyuma Express with 366 passengers was going to Taitung when it went off tracks in the afternoon in the northeastern Yilan county.

Five carriages reportedly overturned. The cause of the wreck is being investigated. A major emergency response operation is being conducted.