Two subway trains have collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to hospital, including 102 with broken bones.
Authorities said on Friday that the accident happened the previous evening in the mountains west of Beijing on the above-ground section of the Changping line of the vast subway system.
Slippery tracks cause automatic braking on leading trains. A train following behind was on a downhill section and derailed and was unable to brake in time, the city’s transport authority said in a statement on Friday on its social media account.
Emergency medical personnel, police and transportation authorities responded, and all passengers were evacuated at about 11 p.m. Twenty-five passengers were under observation and 67 were still being treated in hospital as of Friday morning.
The unusually heavy snow that began falling on Wednesday has delayed some train operations and school closures.
An unusually large amount of snow in Beijing has caused the suspension of trains. AP Due to the slippery track, the train breaks automatically while the other train is unable to stop, causing a collision. AP Hundreds of people had to be hospitalized after the accident. AP
Warnings remain in place for icy roads, extreme cold and more snow. Temperatures should drop to minus 11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight.
No deaths have been reported as a result of the winter storm that hit large areas of northern China. Winters in Beijing tend to be very cold, but heavy snow rarely falls.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
