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发帖数: 69 | 2 (Reuters) - At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed
into each other in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday causing
two carriages to fall off a bridge, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Another 89 people have been sent to hospital, it added. Each carriage could
carry about 100 people, Xinhua said.
The accident occurred after the first train was hit by lightning and lost
power, and was then rear-ended by another bullet train, Xinhua added, citing
provincial television.
Pictures on state television's main news channel showed one carriage on the
ground under the bridge, with another hanging above it.
The government has spent billions of dollars boosting the railway network of
the world's most populous country and has said it plans to spend $120
billion a year, over several years, on railway construction.
But the vast network has been hit by a series of scandals and safety
incidents over the past few months. Three railway officials have been probed
for corruption so far this year, according to local media reports.
In February, Liu Zhijun was sacked as railways minister for "serious
disciplinary violations." He had spearheaded the investment drive into the
rail sector over the last decade.
The flagship Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line that opened earlier this
month has been plagued by power outages, leaving passengers stranded for
hours on stuffy trains on at least three times since it was opened.
The Beijing-Shanghai link is the latest and most feted portion of a network
the government hopes will stretch over 45,000 km (28,000 miles) by the end
of 2015.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Jacqueline Wong and
Jason Subler in Shanghai) |
