Landslide Derails Passenger Train In S. China, 7 Injured

By Bernama,

Nanning : Seven people were slightly injured as a passenger train derailed by a landslide in the early hours of Monday in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua news agency quoted sources with the regional railway bureau as saying.


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The accident occurred at 2:20 a.m. when the passenger train was affected by a landslide. The locomotive and six carriages were derailed.

Seven people were slightly injured and the Litang-Zhanjiang railway, which links Guangxi with Guangdong Province, was cut off.

Services have been disrupted and it is not known when the line will be reopened to traffic.

Rescuers rushed to the site after the accident, and an investigation is underway.

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