A tourist coach has crashed into a highway crash barrier near Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan. The coach caught fire killing all 26 people on board, including 3 children. Taiwan authorities say the victims included 24 tourists from Dalian in the Chinese mainland's Liaoning province.

A local driver and tour guide were also killed in the accident. The passengers, on the last day of an eight-day trip to Taiwan, were on their way to Taoyuan Airport located south of the capital Taipei for their flight back to Dalian. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.