The Portrait of an Accident prone "Olympic Host" -- Scores killed in
Chinese train collision

-- Micky's humble comment: It is also reported by Chinese language media
that one of the train carries the double duty of spreading the message
for Beijing Olympics. It is definitely not a lucky omen for the now
infamous games --

International Herald Tribune

Scores killed in Chinese train collision

By Andrew Jacobs
Monday, April 28, 2008

BEIJING: A pre-dawn collision between two passenger trains in a rural
part of Eastern China on Monday has killed at least 66 people and
injured 400, according to the authorities, making it one of the
deadliest rail accidents in a decade. Officials said that 70 of the
injured were in critical condition.