Train Collision Kills Scores In China

A northbound passenger train plowed into a train stopped in a station in central China on Tuesday, tossing 13 cars off the tracks, killing 58 people and injuring more than 90.

The crash took place in Hunan province on the Guangzhou-Beijing railway line, one of China’s most important north-south transport arteries.

More than 1,100 police and medical personnel rushed to Rongjiawan Station, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.

The news agency initially said 90 people died and 300 were injured. It later updated the toll to 58 dead and more than 90 injured, without giving further details.

Rescue work continued this morning, a local government official who gave only his surname, Liang, said by telephone.

Witnesses said one train struck the rear of the other, Xinhua said.