A child was rescued 21 hours after a crash involving two high-speed trains in eastern China killed at least 35 people and injured more than 200 others, according to reports yesterday.
Xinhua news agency said the unconscious child was found in a carriage by rescuers yesterday Sunday evening.
"When we found him, he could still move his hands," Xinhua quoted an unnamed firefighter as saying.
China Central Television initially reported that the child was a boy, but later said it was a four-year-old girl. The child was taken to hospital but no other details were provided.
The accident occurred when a bullet train travelling south from the Zhejiang provincial capital, Hangzhou, on Saturday evening lost power after a lightning strike and stalled. It was then hit from behind by the second train in Wenzhou city. The first four cars of the moving train fell about 30 metres from a viaduct to the ground below. One carriage ended up in a vertical position, leaning against the viaduct.
The ministry of railways said in a statement that the first four cars of the moving train and the last two of the stalled train derailed. The second train was travelling from Beijing and both trains were destined for Fuzhou in eastern Fujian province. An official surnamed Wang said it was unclear how long the first train had stopped on the track before being struck. State broadcaster CCTV said there were more than 900 passengers on the stalled train and more than 500 passengers on the train that hit it.
TThree railway officials were fired after the crash and are subject to investigation, Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying.
The incident is the first derailment on China's high-speed rail network since the country launched bullet trains with a maximum speed of 155mph in 2007.
China plans to eexpand its bullet train network to link f far-flung regions, as well as highlight its rising wealth and technological prowess.
Last month, China launched to great fanfare the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line, where trains travel at a maximum speed of 186mph. The speed was cut from the originally planned 217mph after questions were raised about safety.
Map showing location of Wenzhou


Two high-speed bullet trains crashed close to  in the  province of eastern China on Saturday. At least 43 passengers were found dead and over 200 are injured, according to the China state-run news agency , with 12 in critical condition.

The collision occurred on a bridge after one train was struck by lightning, forcing it to stop, and was subsequently struck by a second train around 2030 local time (1230 UTC). The trains involved were the D3115 service from  to , the train that was stopped at the time of the collision, and the D301 service from Beijing to Fuzhou.

As a result of the collision, two cars from the first train fell off the bridge, as well as four cars from the second train. One of the cars landed on its side, and another ended up lying vertically against the bridge. According to , a state-run broadcaster, upwards of 1,400 people were on the two trains: more than 900 on the stopped train and more than 500 on the second one.

One passenger, Liu Hongtao, is reported as saying: "The train suddenly shook violently, casting luggage all around. Passengers cried for help but no crew responded."

The government have said they will be launching an "urgent overhaul" of rail safety following the crash, the first derailment since the introduction of 155 miles per hour high-speed rail service in China four years ago, and three railway officials were also fired by the ministry of railways, which said the officials may be investigated.

On Sunday, rescuers found a small child unconscious in the wreckage, about 21 hours after the crash, who was sent to a hospital. According to a rescue worker, the child, four years old, "could still move his hands" when he was located.



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