Train derails in Taiwan, two injured

A photo shows the derailed train in Taiwan on June 22, 2016. [Photo/Sina Weibo]

At least two people were injured when a train running from Kaohsiung to Hualien derailed in Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon, according to media reports.

The train, No 307, was running along the tracks in Ruisui township of Hualien county when the train’s seventh, eighth and ninth cars derailed at 2:49 pm.

The two injured, including one with severe facial injuries, have been sent to hospital.

A local resident who lives near the site said that high temperature twisted the shape of the tracks, causing the train to derail. But another said it might be caused by falling electric poles.

Because the railway line was one-way at the section, the traffic has been blocked after the accident.

Taiwan railway authorizes have sent rescuers to the site, and the train’s other cars were connected together to leave the site.

A train also derailed near the site on June 4 at the section after high temperature twisted the shape of the tracks. Six cars of the train derailed, but miraculously no one was injured.