印度东部发生火车相撞事故数十人死亡_时事要闻

印度东部发生火车相撞事故数十人死亡

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-07-19 06:12 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A train crash in eastern India has killed at least 52 people, officials say.

印度官员称，东部地区发生列车相撞事故，至少52人死亡。

A passenger train ploughed into（投入） another that was waiting at a station in the town of Sainthia, West Bengal state, early on Monday.

About 90 people were injured in the accident.

TV footage showed local residents climbing through the mangled¹（被损坏的） trains as they searched for survivors². The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Emergency workers later used gas cutters（气割器） and other tools to free passengers trapped in the wreckage³（残骸） .

Bodies recovered

Local officials say the accident occurred at about 0200 local time on Monday (2030 GMT Sunday) when the Uttar Banga Express crashed into the stationary⁴ Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at the station in the Birbhum district, about 200km (125 miles) north of Calcutta.

The impact of the collision was so strong that the roof one of the coaches hit a footbridge above the tracks.

Birbhum district magistrate⁵（地方法官） Soumitra Mohan later told the BBC that at least 52 bodies had been recovered.

He said that all the passengers trapped in the wreckage were rescued and all the injured were taken to hospitals, ending rescue operations.

Officials believe that the trains were packed with commuters heading back to work after spending a weekend with their families.

Many inter-city trains from Bengal to Calcutta have been cancelled because of the accident.

There is speculation⁶ that faulty signalling may have been the cause of the crash. A police investigation⁷ is now under way.

This is the second major railway accident in West Bengal this year.

In May, nearly 150 people died when a Bombay-bound passenger train derailed（出轨） and was hit by a goods train. Police accused Maoist rebels of sabotaging⁸（妨害，破坏） the track, but Maoists denied the charge.

Accidents are common on the state-owned Indian railway, which operates an immense network connecting every corner of the vast country.

It operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries some 18 million passengers every day.

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1 mangled
vt.乱砍（mangle的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
His hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。 He was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班，因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。 New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 stationary
adj.固定的，静止不动的
参考例句：
A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。 Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。

5 magistrate
n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官
参考例句：
The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。 John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

6 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

7 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 sabotaging
阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Mr Smith fiercely denied any question of sabotaging the talks. 史密斯先生坚决拒绝任何企图阻挠谈话的提问。 Failed in sabotaging APEC summit in Sydney of Australia. 澳大利亚悉尼APEC会议遭遇惨败。

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