Two subway trains collided under heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to hospital, including 102 with broken bones.
Authorities said Friday that the accident occurred the night before in the mountainous west of Beijing on an overhead portion of the Changping Line of the sprawling subway system.
The slippery tracks caused the leading train to automatically brake. A train coming behind was on a downward stretch, skidded and could not stop in time, the city’s transportation authority reported Friday in a statement on its social media account.
Emergency medical personnel, police and transportation authorities responded and all passengers were evacuated around 11 p.m. Twenty-five passengers were under observation and 67 remained hospitalized Friday morning.
An unusually heavy snowfall that began falling on Wednesday caused the suspension of some train operations and the closure of schools.
An unusually large amount of snow in Beijing has caused train suspensions. AP Due to slippery tracks, the automatic brakes of one train were activated while another train was unable to stop, leading to a collision. AP Hundreds of people had to be hospitalized after the accident. AP
They remain alert for icy roads, extreme cold and more snowfall. Temperatures were expected to drop to -11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight.
No deaths have been reported from the winter storms that have hit a wide swath of northern China. Beijing winters tend to be very cold, but heavy snowfall is rare.
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