The collision of two Chinese passenger trains has left at least 70 people dead.
At least 420 were reportedly taken to hospital with 70 in critical condition. Xinhua news agency said authorities had determined the crash was caused by human error, and that one of the trains might have been travelling much faster than the speed limit. One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when it hit a second train travelling from the resort of Yantai, in Shandong. Monday's accident was the worst in China since 1997, when more than 100 people were killed in a train crash in the central province of Hunan.
(Deutsche Welle)
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