11 dead, 2 injured as test train collides with workers in SW China's Kunming

(ECNS) -- Eleven people were killed and two others injured in the early hours of Thursday, after a test train collided with maintenance workers on the track in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, local railway authorities said.

The accident happened at the Luoyangzhen station in Kunming, according to the China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd.

The railway station has resumed operations, with medical treatment for the injured and other follow-up measures ongoing, and an investigation into the accident's cause underway.

(By Zhang Dongfang)