Forty-three people have died and 247 were injured after two passenger trains collided in eastern China, said state media agency Xinhua.

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A train from Beijing to the eastern city of Qingdao reportedly derailed and hit the other, which was going from Yantai to Xuzhou.

The head of the Ministry of Railways, Liu Zhijun, is heading to the site.

In January, 18 people died near the city of Anqiu in Shandong province when a train hit a group of track maintenance workers.

(BBC)

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