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  • 35 killed, over 100 injured in China train accident

    Published on July 24, 2011

    At least 35 people have been killed and over 100 injured when a high speed bullet train rammed into a stationary one in southern China’s Zhejiang Province.

    Several carriages of both the trains fell off the bridge while others got derailed following the accident last night.

    The latest probe result released by Zhejiang provincial government said the accident occurred at 8:27 PM on Saturday at the section of Shuangyu Town in Wenzhou City, when high-speed train D301 crashed into another bullet train D3115, which was stuck on the tracks following power failure due to lightening.

    Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao called for all-out efforts to rescue passengers and ordered to make rescue work a priority, Xinhua news agency reported today quoting an official statement.

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