| Train crash in Shandong kills 66 people! | |
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| Apr 28, 2008 02:25 |   |
 | In the early morning, two trains collided in Shandong Province. According to the latest statistics, 66 died and 247 people were wounded in the train crash. Among them, 51 were badly wounded. It is said that four French have injured and one of them has been badly hurt. Photos are from Xinhuanet. No.1 Derailed trains.  |
| Apr 28, 2008 02:26 | #1 |
| No.2 The injured was saved by other people. |
| Apr 28, 2008 03:27 | #2 |
| I hope none of our forum friends were involved. Alan |
| Apr 28, 2008 10:22 | #3 |
| News reports death toll up to 70 tonight. It sure is a tragic accident and the timing is unfortunate. They are putting it down to human error unless it proves to be otherwise and two top level railway officials have already been sacked. Apparently one train jumped its tracks causing the carriages to roll onto the other line where a second train then crashed into the carriages already across the tracks. |
| Apr 28, 2008 10:44 | #4 |
| It sounds like a problem with track maintenance, it is a big problem keeping up with track inspections, where I work we have the offices of Network Rail who carry out the maintenance of the tracks in the UK and are always being fined for failing to keep up with the demands. Alan |
| Apr 28, 2008 23:14 | #5 |
| According to the latest news, the railway has been reopened again. Hope such tragedy never happens again. Photo source: Xinhuanet.  |
| Apr 29, 2008 03:18 | #6 |
| Wow, if it has reopened then that is a surprise, in the UK, a full investigation as to the cause would be carried out before the lines would be allowed to reopen, safety is a big issue here. Alan |
| Apr 29, 2008 21:07 | #7 |
| OMG! O_O That doesn't look good, definitely. |
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