{"id":122658,"date":"2011-07-23T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=122658"},"modified":"2011-07-24T05:58:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T12:58:34","slug":"derailed-bullet-train-coaches-fall-off-bridge-in-east-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/07\/derailed-bullet-train-coaches-fall-off-bridge-in-east-china\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 33 Killed in High-Speed Train Crash in China (Updated with Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A high-speed train has derailed in Zhejiang, sending two coaches off a bridge<\/strong> <\/a>and killing at least 33 people and injuring almost 200<\/a>, according to a report from Xinhua:<\/p>\n

The accident occurred after high-speed train D3115 was allegedly hit by lightning and lost drive, and then rear-ended by another bullet train D301.<\/p>\n

The former train was running from the provincial capital Hangzhou to the southeastern city of Fuzhou, and the latter one traveled from Beijing to Fuzhou.<\/p>\n

The trains were administrated by two different regional railway bureaus — train D3115 by the Shanghai Railway Bureau while train D301 by the Nanchang Railway Bureau.<\/p>\n

In the opposite direction, high-speed train D3212 from southeastern city of Xiamen to Hangzhou was also stopped by lightning at about 8 p.m. Saturday. No passenger was injured, said Liu Jiwei who was on board.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also a report from the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footage from Chinese television:<\/p>\n

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Update: China Geeks has put together a lengthy post <\/a>including translation of the government response and netizens’ comments:<\/p>\n

\nThe government has also apparently begun to move to distance itself from the accident. This report, for example, states that the accident was not a result of the train\u2019s high speed (China\u2019s claims to have built a faster high speed train than Japan have attracted critics who have suggested that safety was sacrificed to attain this speed advantage). It also says that the cars involved were a \u201crelatively mature design, and were not of Chinese original design.\u201d Further reports have officials pointing out that this train was actually a joint venture with Japan. <\/p>\n

Of course, suggestions that China\u2019s high speed trains had been copied from other countries were ludicrous, offensive, and slanderous a few days ago. Now, however, it seems that same criticism may be being accepted in order to absolve China from as much of the blame as possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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