(사진제공=AP통신)
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(사진제공=AP통신)
(사진제공=AP통신)
(사진제공=AP통신)
[베이징=AP/KNS뉴스통신] 중국 철도부는 23일 번개를 맞아 정차하고 있는 고속열차를 뒤따르던 열차가 추돌해 객실 4량이 선로에서 추락하면서 35명이 사망하고 191명이 부상당했다고 24일 발표했다.
23일 오후 8시 34분(한국시간 오후 9시 34분) 중국 남부 저장(浙江)성 원저우(溫州)에서 고속철도 선로 이탈로 객차 4량이 교량 아래로 추락하면서 승객 35명이 사망하고 191명이 부상을 입었다고 중국 언론들이 일제히 보도했다.
2007년 중국이 시속 250km로 달리는 고속열차를 개통한 이래 처음 발생한 철도 탈선사고라고 중국 언론은 전하고 있다.
중국 신화통신은 23일 오후 8시 27분 저장성 성도인 항저우를 출발한 고속열차가 원저우시 부근에서 벼락을 맞고 전기가 끊겨 정차하고 있었는 데 뒤 따르던 열차가 앞선 열차가 정차되어 있는 것을 발견하지 못하고 추돌했다. 이 사고로 열차 4량이 탈선해 20-30m 높이의 고가 아래로 추락했다. 뒤 따라오던 열차는 베이징을 출발해 앞차와 같이 푸젠성으로 향하던 고속열차인 것으로 알려졌다.
24일 이른 아침 중국 후진타오 국가주석과 원자바오 수상은 승객을 구출하는데 최선을 다할 것을 지시하고 성광조 철도부 장관은 이번 사고 원인을 철저하게 조사할 것이라고 말한 것으로 신화통신이 전했다.
지난달 개통된 베이징-상하이 구간의 고속철이 정전으로 멈춰서는 사태가 빈발하는 가운데 이번 대형사고로 많은 사상자가 발생하자 중국 정부가 곤혹스러워 하고 있다.
(영문기사 원문)
Train collision in China kills 35, injures 191
BEIJING (AP) — A bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that had stalled after being struck by lightning in eastern China, causing four carriages to fall off a viaduct and killing at least 35 people and injuring 191 others, state media and an official said Sunday.
It was the first derailment on China's high-speed rail network since the country launched its bullet trains in 2007 with a top speed of 155 miles (250 kilometers) per hour, the China Daily reported.
The first train was traveling south from the Zhejiang provincial capital of Hangzhou when it lost power in the lightning strike and was hit from behind by the second train in Wenzhou city at 8:27 p.m. (1230 GMT) Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The second train had left Beijing and both trains were destined for Fuzhou in eastern Fujian province.
The Ministry of Railways said in a statement that the first four carriages of the moving train and the last two carriages of the stalled train derailed.
An official surnamed Hua in the Zhejiang provincial emergency office told The Associated Press that 35 people had died, including one foreign female. He said her nationality was not clear. A further 191 people were being treated at hospitals, said Hua, who gave only his surname, as is common with Chinese officials.
Early Sunday, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao called for an all-out effort to rescue passengers still trapped in the wreckage hours after the collision, Xinhua said. China Central Television later said the search-and-rescue operation had ended by 4 a.m. Sunday.
A preliminary investigation by the Zhejiang provincial government showed that four coaches of the moving train fell off the viaduct, Xinhua said. The cars plunged about 65 to 100 feet (20 to 30 meters) from the elevated section of track, it said.
Photos taken at the scene showed one badly damaged car lying on its side by the viaduct and another car leaning against the viaduct after landing on its end.
Minister of Railways Sheng Guangzu, who was heading to the accident scene, ordered an in-depth investigation of the accident, Xinhua said.
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