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Train derails in SW China, 4 dead, 40 injured

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-07-29 08:56

Liuzhou: At least four people died and 40 were injured when a passenger train derailed in early Wednesday morning in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the China National Radio reported.

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The accident happened at around 4:30 am in Liucheng county of Liuzhou, and initial investigation showed that landslide may have caused the rail track to be slippery, said an official who was leading the resuce operation and only gave his surname Liao.

Four carriages came off the tracks, and the number of casualties is expected to rise, media reports said. The train was on its way from Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province to Zhanjiang in the southern Guangdong province.