33 killed in Taiwan as tour bus crashes

Investigators were looking into excessive speed as the possible cause of a bus crash in Taiwan that killed 33 people and injured several others in the island's worst road accident in more than three decades, an official said on Tuesday.

The tour bus crashed near Taipei on Monday night, with television footage showing the bus careening toward a road barrier before flipping on its side.

Of the 44 people on the bus, 30 were pronounced dead at the scene and three died in hospital, the fire department said, adding that 11 people were still being treated in hospitals around Taipei.