TAIPEI — A Taiwan bus taking elderly local tourists home from visiting seasonal cherry blossoms careered off a highway Monday night leaving 32 dead, in the island’s worst road accident in decades. Taiwan’s Central News Agency said it was the worst road accident for 30 years. Safety questionsThe bus was reported to be 19 years old and belonged to an agency that runs tours across Taiwan. It is the worst highway accident since 1986, when a bus fell into a river in central Taiwan, killing 42, CNA reported. In February 2015 a TransAsia plane crashed into a river in Taipei, killing 43 on board – including 28 mainland Chinese tourists.

Source: Viet Nam News February 14, 2017 03:45 UTC