Driver killed as high-speed train carriages are derailed in China mudslide

Emergency personnel help a passenger off a damaged train car after it derailed in Rongjiang County in south-west China’s Guizhou Province (Xinhua/AP)

The driver of a high-speed train in southern China was killed and eight people were injured when two carriages derailed after hitting a mudslide, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The accident occurred midmorning on Saturday as the train was entering a tunnel in the inland southern province of Guizhou.