China bullet train derailed after 'lightening'

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At least 11 people were killed and 89 others hurt on Saturday when a Chinese train crashed into another that had been idled by a power cut caused by a lightning strike, state media reports said.

The accident caused the idled train to derail, tossing two of its carriages off an elevated section of track in the city of Wenzhou in the eastern province of Zhejiang, various official reports said.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/china-bullet-train-derailed-after-lightening/454823

what an awful week this has been. RIP all.

 

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