Running train kills 18, injures 9 in E China

2008-01-24 20:31:07 Xinhua English

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- A high-speed train ran down a group of railway workers in east China's Shandong Province, leaving 18 dead and nine others injured, the Ministry of Railway said Friday.

The workers were relocating the tracks when the train ran into the work site at 20:48 on Wednesday in the Anqiu City of Shandong Province.