2 Train Accidents Kill 13 in China, Deadliest in 14 Years

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A train in motion on the outskirts of Beijing on May 16, 2007. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty ImagesTwo separate train accidents in China killed 13 railway workers in the early hours on Nov. 27, state media outlets said.A train hit a group of railway maintenance workers while passing through a curve at a station in Luoyang, a town in China’s southwestern city of Kunming, killing 11 and injuring two, according to state-owned Xinhua news agency. The train was testing earthquake detection equipment, and was proceeding normally when the accident occurred, the report said.

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