There was a horrific train accident in China on Friday. Two metro trains collided in China’s capital Beijing, injuring hundreds. It is being told that this accident has happened due to heavy snowfall. The Beijing Municipal Transport Commission said 515 people were injured. He said that the injured had been admitted to a hospital.
There was a horrific train accident in China on Friday. Two metro trains collided in China’s capital Beijing, injuring hundreds. It is being told that this accident has happened due to heavy snowfall.
The Beijing Municipal Transport Commission said 515 people were injured. The injured have been admitted to a hospital, he said.
The incident happened above ground on the Changping line of Beijing’s extensive subway system in a mountainous area. The leading train automatically braked due to snow-covered tracks. The city transport authority claims that the train that was trailing on a descending line, however, was unable to apply its brakes in time and collided with the other train.
By 11 p.m., all passengers had been evacuated while emergency medical technicians, law enforcement, and transportation authorities dealt with the situation. As of Friday morning, the city transport authority reported that 67 passengers were still hospitalized and at least 25 passengers were under observation.
Meanwhile, China’s unusually high snowfall caused train operations to be suspended and some schools to close. A large region of provinces to the south and west of Beijing was expected to receive 5 to 15 centimeters of accumulation, with the possibility of 20 centimeters (8 inches) in certain areas, according to the China Meteorological Administration’s earlier forecast.
About six provinces saw the closure of more than 100 highway and other road sections, most of which were in Shanxi province, a coal-mining area close to Beijing. There are still alerts for extremely low temperatures, icy roads, and more snowfall. Overnight, temperatures were predicted to drop to minus 11 degrees Celsius.
The winter storms that have pounded a large area of northern China have not resulted in any confirmed deaths. Winters in Beijing are typically extremely cold, but significant snowfall is uncommon.
