6 found dead in train derailment in C China
The death toll has risen to six after a company self-supply train carrying aluminum ore derailed in central China's Henan Province late Wednesday, local authorities said Friday morning.
The 25-car train, owned by a branch of the logistics subsidiary of Aluminum Corporation of China, hit a village house in the city of Gongyi, after it ran off a catch siding and some cars overturned at around 10 p.m. Wednesday, leaving four crew members and two farmers missing, according to the publicity department of Gongyi.
As of 5:49am Friday, the six people had all been found and confirmed dead.
The loaded train weighed 2,350 tons. It was running along a 22-km rail built in the 1950s for transporting aluminum ore. The rail section where the accident occurred has a continuous downward slope.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
