Taiwan’s President Calls for Investigation After the Worst Train Crash in Decades

(DONGSHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan) — Taiwan's president pressed for a quick, transparent probe into the cause of the island's worst train crash in nearly three decades as the search of the derailed cars ended and crash investigators examined the wreckage Monday.

The eight-car Puyuma express ran off the tracks as it went around a bend where the maximum speed is 75 kilometers per hour (47 mph).