Speeding caused deadly collision

ZIBO, Shandong: Speeding was the cause of the derailment which led to the country's worst train accident in a decade that killed 71 and injured 416.

The finding was announced by Wang Jun, director of the State Administration of Work Safety who heads an investigation panel, at a meeting yesterday morning.

A Beijing-Qingdao train veered off the rails near Zibo and was hit by another train, from Yantai to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, coming from the opposite direction, at 4:38 am on Monday,