At least 26 people are dead after a tourist bus smashed into a motorway guardrail in Taiwan and exploded into flames, it is reported. The
vehicle was travelling along an airport expressway in the island's
Taoyuan region when it crashed into the railing and caught fire.
Everyone
onboard died, including at least 24 holidaymakers, the driver and the
tour guide, according to Chinese media and officials.
Dramatic
photos of the scene show the bus parked at the side of the expressway,
surrounded by raging flames and thick black smoke.
Several men can be seen desperately trying to extinguish the
blaze with small extinguishers as they wait for firefighters to arrive.
The cause of the smash is currently unclear.
The tourists who died were on an eight-day tour organised by a
travel agency in China's northeastern province of Liaoning, officials
said.
The bus was travelling to Taiwan Taoyuan
International Airport at around 1pm local time (6am UK time) when it
crashed, it is reported.
At least 26 tourists dead' after coach smashes into airport guardrail and explodes into flames in Taiwan
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