[转贴] 北朝鲜发生重大火车交通事故(就在金正日完成北京之行)

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From CBC, link
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/22/world/korea_trains040422


3,000 casualties in North Korea train crash
Last Updated Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:53:36
SEOUL - There's a state of emergency in North Korea following the collision of two trains in which about 3,000 people were either killed or injured, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

Eyewitnesses report the trains carrying flammable materials exploded at 1 p.m. local time at Ryongchon station, 19 kilometres from the Chinese border. Debris from the explosion landed in the town of Sinuju on the border between the two countries.

Yonhap reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had passed through Ryongchon station nine hours earlier, after a secret trip he had made to China.

The casualties include Chinese workers living in the North Korean border region, reports South Korea's all-news cable channel, YTN.



Written by CBC News Online staff

 

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Another link:
http://news.sohu.com/2004/04/22/65/news219926529.shtml


朝鲜两火车相撞约3000人死伤 事故原因不明(图)


　　国际在线报道(记者全宇虹)：朝鲜北部的龙川火车站附近22日发生一起火车相撞事故，造成约3000人死伤。

　　据韩国联合通讯社报道，事故发生在当地时间当天下午1点左右。发生相撞的两列火车分别是运送石油和天然气的。据目击者称，火车相撞后发生了巨大爆炸，事发区域及附近地区都严重受
损。

　　目前尚不清楚两辆火车相撞的原因。