Updated 10.17 on 30 March 2020 (UTC).
A passenger trail is reported to have partially derailed near a disused station in Yongxing County, an administrative division of Chenzhou prefecture-level city in Hunan Province, China. The train is believed to have been a Jinan-Guangzhou intercity passenger train, with the derailment affecting up to seven carriages.
The accident is reported to have taken place at 12 noon on 30 March 2020.
In several video reports from the site of the accident, a small fire is seen in one of the lead carriages, while passengers and bystanders are seen helping passengers out of the carriages and on to the surrounding embankments.
There has been one fatality, four severe injuries, and 123 passengers with minor injuries, according to CCTV Asia Pacific.
Straits Times meanwhile is reporting that the accident was caused by falling soil from a landslide at the side of the track.
Video Reports
网传，T179次，郴州出轨，具体情况现在不明，请以官方报道为准。（转） pic.twitter.com/pCLZNe6RrU
— 宁先华 (@ningxianhua) March 30, 2020
— 宁先华 (@ningxianhua) March 30, 2020
湖南郴州火车脱轨 pic.twitter.com/IdNzAGze5W
— 宁先华 (@ningxianhua) March 30, 2020
A passenger train derailed in Yongxing County, the city of Chenzhou, Hunan Province on Monday. Rescuers are rushing to the site. (XINHUA) pic.twitter.com/jzBnAtgIef
— ChinAfrica Magazine – South Africa (@ChinafricaMag) March 30, 2020
A train derailed in central China's #Hunan Province on Monday. Preliminary investigation showed that the derail was caused by a landslide as a result of continuous rains in the past few days. No death has been reported so far. pic.twitter.com/PGEDEwkvkk
— ShanghaiEye (@ShanghaiEye) March 30, 2020
Picture by 宁先华 via Twitter.
