CHINANTRAIN CRASH

CHINA TRAIN CRASH

(Two foreigners among 35 killed in China train crash)

At least 35 people, including two foreigners, were killed and 210 injured in a high-speed train crash that occurred Saturday, 23rd, July, 2011 in China's Zhejiang province, authorities said Sunday. Thirtyfive people have been confirmed dead, including two foreigners, the emergency office said in a statement, reported Xinhua.A probe found that the accident occurred at 8.27 p.m. Saturday at Shuangyu town in Zhejiang's Wenzhou city, when a high-speed train D301 crashed into another bullet train D3115.Four coaches of D301 fell off the viaduct, the results of investigation released early Sunday morning stated.

                                                 Prof. John Kurakar