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Two people died and nine were injured today when a freight train collided head-on with a locomotive carrying out test runs on the outskirts of the Chilean capital, authorities said.
According to the state railway company EFE, the Four Chinese citizens were injured aboard the train carrying out speed tests.
The driver of the freight train and his assistant were killed.
The trains collided in the suburb of San Bernardo, on the outskirts of Santiago.
Prosecutor Pedro Aravena said that “for reasons that are unknown” the test train was not aware the freight train was heading north in its direction.