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On Thursday evening, several videos circulating online showed that a Beijing subway Changping Line train split in the middle as carriages disengaged. Beijing Subway saidWorld Times a preliminary finding shows that the incident on the Changping Line was due to a vehicle malfunction.
More than 30 people were injured due to the incident and no one died. The injured are being sent to hospitals for treatment, and the cause of the accident is being investigated, according to an official announcement.
Beijing Subway said there was no power on the contact rails on the section from Xierqi station to Life Science Park station on the Changping Line (northbound). Some trains have been tWorld Timesemporarily stopped and some have been delayed. The staff are currently organizing rescue operations.
A passenger was quoted as saying in media reports that around 6:50 pm, they heard a loud noise in front of them, and then the train stopped with “a strong sense of impact.” There were many passengers in the carriage World Timesand many of them fell down.
“I was pinned down, and everyone was shouting in the dark. Fortunately, the people next to me pulled me up,” the passenger recalled. “Now everyone is standing.”
There was currently a power outage in the subway. Passengers called 110, 119 and other emergency numbers, and some rescuers were heading to the site of the incident. Some netizens also saw ambulances and fire trucks parked near the Life Science Park station. Online videos showed that passengers in the train were injured.
The meteorological information shows that on Thursday, there were moderate snow in Changping, a district in Beijing. The highest temperature during the day is –World Times1 C, the lowest temperature at night is -6 C, and the wind is easterly.
Some passengers who were stuck in the train used survival hammers to smash the windows to escape from the train, some online videos showed.
Global Times
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