Released on: 31, December 1969
, Author: Holiday Tours and Travel
, Audience: Internet related
28-Apr-2008
China : Update : At least 43 killed , 247 hurt in passenger train collision in Zibocity
28-Apr-2008 05:05:55 AM (GMT) BEIJING (AP) _ A pre-dawn collision Monday between twopassenger trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured 247,a state news agency reported.
Witnesses said a train traveling from Beijing to the coastal city of Qingdaoderailed and hit a second train at about 4:40 a.m.,Xinhua News Agency said. The crash happened in the city of Zibo in Shandong province.
The second train had been traveling from Yantai to Xuzhou . News photos showed thederailed train laying at the bottom of a ditch, with rescuers removing passengers from a carriage that had fallen onto its side.
Survivors with white sheets wrapped around their shoulders stood or sat near thewreckage. The second train did not fall into the ditch,but a news photo showed one of its carriages resting perpendicular to the track.
The head of the Ministry of Railways, Liu Zhijun, was headed to the site to overseerescue efforts, the Web site of the Shandong government said. In January, 18 people died when a train hurtling through the nightat more than 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) slammed into a group of about 100 workers carrying out track maintenance near the city ofAnqiu in Shandong province.
Xinhua said the latest accident had cut traffic on the Jinan-Qingdao railway, whichlinks the provincial capital of Jinan with Qingdao .
Editor's Note
Railway disruptions
Those planning to travel by train or subway in this region should check with therailway immediately to reconfirm travel arrangements. If your train has been canceled, request a reservation on the next available train,even if it's on another line.
Traffic on roadways near the train station may be considerably more congested thannormal. Stations are likely to become very crowded,lines will be long and tempers among other passengers may be short. Allow a goodmeasure of extra time to get to the station and check in.
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