A train struck a group of railway workers today, killing 11 and injuring two, officials in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming said.
It is the deadliest train accident in more than a decade.
The train, which was testing earthquake detection equipment, hit workers on a curved section of track at Luoyang Town Railway Station, officials said.
China’s railway network is the largest in the world, stretching over 160,000 kilometers and making billions of trips annually.
Although praised for its efficiency, it has attracted public attention after several high-profile incidents, such as a 2011 accident in the eastern province of Zhejiang that killed 40 and injured 200.
Nine people were killed in 2021 when a train in the northwestern province of Gansu ran into workers on a section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway line, Reuters reports.
(Vijesti.ba / FENA)
