台铁事故原因初判为转弯超速 Overspeed causes Taiwan deadly train derailment: investigation

Gao Huiying China Plus/Xinhua Published: 2018-10-23 15:14:01
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A Puyuma Express train with 376 passengers(乘客 chéng kè ) on board derailed(出轨 chū guǐ) at 4:50 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Yilan(宜兰), leaving 18 people killed and 190 people injured. It was the seventh such derailment accident since 2016 in Taiwan, and the second involving a Puyuma train in the past year.

An official in charge of the investigation(调查 diào chá) said Monday evening that the express train was going too fast(过快 guò kuài) when it entered a section of a curved track(弯道 wān dào), before it ran off tracks in Xinma Station, Yilan County. The radius of the curved rails is about 300 meters with a designated turning speed of 75 kph, but the train was running over(超过 chāo guò) 80 kph, and perhaps even over 100 kph when the accident(事故 shì gù) happened(发生 fā shēng).

The cause(原因 yuán yīn) of the speeding, however, still awaits further investigation, the official said.

重点词汇 Key word: 

原因 <名词 n.> cause; reason

E.g. 

  • Tā chídào de yuányīn shì shénme?
    他迟到的原因是什么?
    What was the reason of him being late?

  • Tā yóuyú jiànkāng yuányīn ér cízhí.
    她由于健康原因而辞职。
    She resigned for reason of health.

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