July 24, 2011 11:32 AM

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China: 35 people killed & over 210 injured in train accident

In China, the death toll in the collision between two high-speed trains in the eastern Zhejiang province has risen to 35. The official Xinhua news agency today said another 210 were injured, adding two foreigners were among the dead. The latest investigation released by the authorities early this morning showed that the accident occurred at 8:27 p.m local time at the section of Shuangyu Town in Wenzhou City. A high-speed train crashed into another bullet train and four coaches of the high speed train fell off the viaduct. The accident occurred after the high-speed train was allegedly hit by lightning and lost drive, and then rear-ended by another bullet train. The high speed train was running from the provincial capital Hangzhou to the southeastern city of Fuzhou, and the bullet train traveled from Beijing to Fuzhou. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao called for all-out efforts to rescue passengers and ordered to make rescue work a priority.

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