1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China
STORY: 1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China
DATELINE: June 4, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:22
LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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STORYLINE:
A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said.
The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospitals. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said.
The investigation of the accident is under way.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guizhou, China.
(XHTV)
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