One dead, two seriously injured in China train collision

One was killed and two were seriously injured after an empty passenger train slipped and collided with another passenger train on the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Qinghai Province on Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.

The passenger who died was stuck between two carriages and was rescued out at around 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning. The victim later died in hospital.

The accident happened at around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday. More than 50 people have been taken to hospital as of Thursday morning.