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3 Dead in China Train Crash

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(Newser) – Three people are dead and 60 injured after two trains collided in the central China province of Hunan early this morning, AP reports. Two of the dead were on the trains while the third was in one of the nearby houses damaged in the collision, according to Chinese state media. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

People work at the site where two express passenger trains collided at the railway station in Chenzhou in south China's Hunan province today.
People work at the site where two express passenger trains collided at the railway station in Chenzhou in south China's Hunan province today.   (AP Photo)
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