WENZHOU, China-Train car involved in accident buried one day after collision

Train car involved in accident buried one day after collision

BY ATSUSHI OKUDERA CORRESPONDENT

2011/07/25

Part of a derailed train car, lower left, is buried using heavy machinery in Wenzhou, China, on July 24. (Teruo Kashiyama)Workers on July 24 bury part of a derailed train car, lower right, involved in a collision in Wenzhou, China. (Teruo Kashiyama)

WENZHOU, China-Workers began burying on July 24 what is believed to be part of the front car that collided with another train along a high-speed railway line near Wenzhou.

Before dawn on July 24, one train car that derailed and toppled over lay stuck into the ground while leaning against the elevated track.

On the ground nearby was what looked like the front car of the train that is believed to have collided into another train that had stopped on the track. The front car was split in two.

From around 6 a.m. on July 24, seven loading shovels begin digging a hole in the vegetable field next to the accident scene.

The workers dug a hole about four to five meters deep and about 20 meters wide. At around 7:30 a.m., one of the loading shovels began to crush the front car. The train driver's seat containing various equipment was destroyed and what remained of the train car was buried in the hole.