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Chenzhou Train Collision
Nation, page 11
On June 29, two passenger trains collided in China's central Hunan province, leaving at least three people dead and 63 injured. The railway management body, Guangzhou Railway Corporation, attributed the incident to "brake failure" when reporting on the cause of the accident to the State Administration of Work Safety. Members of the public questioned the conclusions reached, some held that the incident was caused by a wrong signal being given by the local railway station. The incident occured just as China's railways were about to introduce a new schedule around the country. The accident raised safety concerns about the introduction of the new system.
Original article: [Chinese]