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Nine killed, nine injured in bus-train collision in central China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-03 15:31
The debris of the minitruck lies on the roadside after a crash with a train near Tianmen, central China's Hubei Province, June 2, 2009. A minitruck crashed with the train K8086 here on Tuesday leaving 9 dead and 9 wounded. (Xinhua/Cheng Min) Nine people were killed and nine others injured Tuesday in a bus-train collision in central China's Hubei Province, the local railway authority said. The accident happened at around 6:18 p.m. when an unregistered mini-van collided with a train heading from Yichang City for Wuchang City on the Changjing Railway, according to the railway administration of Wuhan, the provincial capital. Nine people in the mini-van died at the site, the nine injured, including four badly wounded, have been sent to a local hospital.
Investigators work at the site where a minitruck crashed into a train near Tianmen, central China's Hubei Province, June 2, 2009. A minitruck crashed with the train K8086 here on Tuesday leaving 9 dead and 9 wounded. (Xinhua/Cheng Min) No one onboard the train was injured. No other details are available at this time. An initial investigation showed that the mini-van was trying to pass a pedestrian intersection that is off-limits to vehicles when it crashed with the train. Railway officers and police were rushing to the site for further investigation.
The wreckage of the minitruck lies on the roadside after a crash with a train near Tianmen, central China's Hubei Province, June 2, 2009. A minitruck crashed with the train K8086 here on Tuesday leaving 9 dead and 9 wounded. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
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