On the 4th in Guizhou Province, inland China, a high-speed rail train ran on a landslide and derailed, killing one driver and injuring eight passengers and others so far.
According to state-run China Central Television, an 8-car high-speed rail train from Guiyang, the central city of Guizhou, to Guangzhou, Guangdong, approached the station on the morning of the 4th in Rongjiang, Guizhou, inland. By the way, I got on the earth and sand that covered the railroad track and derailed.
A video posted on SNS by Chinese fire authorities shows that some of the derailed leading vehicles are riding on the platform of the station, the driver's cab in front is wrecked, and rescuers are rescued passengers. ..
One driver was killed in the accident and eight passengers and crew were injured.
The other 130 passengers have been evacuated.
According to the Consul General of Japan in Guangzhou, there is no information so far that the Japanese were involved in the accident.
It was raining intermittently near the site at the time, and Chinese media reported that local government officials said that the landslides from the mountains had flowed into the railroad tracks.
Two years ago, a landslide caused a train to derail in China, killing one person and injuring more than 120 people.