Driver Dies, Several Injured As Bullet Train Derails In China: Report
Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.
Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The driver of the train died. 1 car attendant and 7 passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries," said China's local media outlet the Global Times on Saturday in a tweet. Earlier, a train in central China's Hunan Province derailed. During that incident the railway policeman on board was killed, 4 severely injured and 123 mildly injured. The cause of the accident was continuous rain and landslide. The latest incident of derailment comes after China Railway's announcement on May 13 that the operation speed of the high-speed railway connecting Beijing with Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, will be gearing up to 350 kilometers an hour (km/h) in June. As per the Chinese Railway, it will become the fifth high-speed rail in China that operates at such a speed.Guizhou, China: Two coaches of a bullet train derailed in China's Guizhou Province due to a mudslide killing the driver and injuring 7 passengers, reported local media on Saturday. The bullet train - D2809 - was running from China's South Western province Guiyang to the Southern province Guangzhou. "Two coaches of D2809, a bullet train from Guiyang, SW. China's #Guizhou, to #Guangzhou, S. China, derailed at a station in Guizhou due to a mudslide at 10:30 am on Sat. The d