Chinese passenger train derailed by landslide debris

Rescuers searching for injured people at the site where a train derailed in Chenzhou in China's central Hunan province on Monday (March 30). A passenger train derailed after striking debris from a landslide in central China on Monday, injuring a number of passengers and staff, officials said. - AFP

SHANGHAI: A passenger train derailed after striking debris from a landslide in central China on Monday (March 30), injuring a number of passengers and staff, officials said.

The accident happened around midday in a rural part of Hunan province and came after recent heavy rains triggered landslides in the area, the state-run railway system said.