Train collision in China kills 11 railway maintenance workers: Reports

According to state-run media, a train struck railroad maintenance workers in southwest China killing eleven people and injuring two others.

The train struck the workers early on Thursday morning while traveling along a curved section of track at Luoyangzhen station in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, according to the Xinhua news agency.

The railway authorities immediately activated the emergency response plan following the accident, according to Xinhua, and coordinated rescue efforts and medical care for the injured with the local government.

The organization claims that a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

According to the state news outlet, medical care for the injured is “proceeding in an orderly manner” while Luoyangzhen station’s rail operations are back to normal following the accident.

China, which has one of the largest rail networks in the world, has recently had a number of fatal train accidents, despite the fact that fatal accidents have decreased significantly over the past few decades.

A train reportedly derailed in Guizhou province in 2022 after hitting debris from a landslide, killing a conductor and injuring eight others, according to state media.

According to state media, a train derailment in Chenzhou in the central province of Hunan in 2020 resulted in the deaths of one person and the injuries of 127 others.

In 2011, a high-speed train collided with a stationary locomotive in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, killing 40 people and injuring nearly 200 others, the country’s most recent train disaster.

In 2008, 66 people died when two passenger trains collided near Zibo in eastern China’s Shandong province.