Wang Yi-wen, deputy chief prosecutor of the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office, speaks in Taoyuan, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 10, 2016. The driver of a tour bus that caught fire and left 26 people dead in Taiwan on July 19 was drunken and set fire to the vehicle intentionally, local prosecutors said Saturday. (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)
TAIPEI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The driver of a tour bus fire that killed 26 people in Taiwan on July 19 was drunk and had splashed gasoline on himself and passangers, local prosecutors said Saturday.
Everyone on board the bus, including the driver, was killed when it caught fire and crashed into a highway barrier near Taoyuan Airport. They included 23 tourists and a tour guide from the Chinese mainland, the local driver and a local tour guide.
