11 killed as test train crashes into construction workers

[Starmix]

According to the report, eleven people were killed and two were injured on Thursday in southwest China’s Yunnan province after a test train conducting seismic detection struck construction workers who had entered the tracks at a curved section of the Luoyang Town Railway Station in Kunming, state media reported.

The report also said that an emergency response plan was activated, and authorities have launched an investigation into the accident, according to the Global Times. The station has since resumed normal operations with the injured receiving treatment.

The report also stated that the authorities will prosecute those responsible in accordance with the law, review the incident for future lessons, and take steps to ensure the safety and stability of railway operations

Source: PNA/Anadolu

 

[eLdavis]

This is really sad, one can only imagine how the families of these eleven would handle this kind of news.

 

[Starmix]

Indeed, this mishap leads to injury, fatality, and sorrows to the bereaved families losing their loved ones because of the carelessness of the truck driver.