Number of victims of train collision in China rose to 16 people

Previously reported 11 people were killed and 89 wounded. On Saturday at 20.50 local time (16.50 GMT) passenger trains collided Beijing-Fuzhou (D301) and the Hangzhou-Fuzhou (D3115), followed in the same direction. The result is a train en route from Beijing derailed the first four cars, another train – the 15th and 16th cars. Two car train number D3115 fell from a bridge. Each of the carriages Express can accommodate about 100 passengers. One of the local officials of the railway ministry official told the news program in the microblog Hangzhou TV "News 60 Minutes" that the high-speed train D3115 was struck by lightning, after which he lost control and crashed into a train that went over. Immediately after the incident, Minister of Railways Guangji Sheng went to the command center for the ministry to guide the rescue operation. Go to the scene directed Deputy Railways Hu Yadun. The photographs posted on the Internet, it is clear that one of the carriages is vertical, based on a bridge, and another lying on the ground with visible injuries. The height of the bridge, according to eyewitnesses, is 20-30 meters. At the scene rescuers are still working. All car news