China Train Collision: At least 11 people were killed, and two were injured after a test train ploughed into railway maintenance workers in the early hours of Thursday. The incident took place in the southern province of Yunnan, according to local railway authorities.
Kunming Railway Station said that the train was testing seismic equipment when it struck the maintenance workers, who had entered the track at a curved section inside the Luoyang Town Railway Station in Kunming city.
A test train collided with maintenance workers on the track in the early hours of Thursday at Luoyangzhen Station in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, resulting in 11 fatalities and 2 injuries, local railway authorities said. pic.twitter.com/hwvxafFpMQ
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An investigation has been launched, and rescue operations have been initiated after the test train no 55537 crashed into a group of construction workers. The injured workers are currently receiving treatment at a hospital, while the train services at the station have been resumed and are operating as normal, as per a report by the South China Morning Post. The exact cause of the crash remains unknown as of now.
