Category: Transportation
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51-They Never Reached the Station, and They Should Not Have Been Buried in Silence
They Never Reached the Station, and They Should Not Have Been Buried in Silence On the night of July 23, 2011, near Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, train D301 rear-ended train D3115 on the Yongjia–Wenzhou South section of the Yongwen railway line. China’s official investigation later confirmed 40 deaths and 172 injuries. The report concluded that…
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43-They Were Only Walking on the Road
# They Were Only Walking on the Road On July 2, 2026, a group of Buddhist monks left Mukdahan, Thailand, on a pilgrimage toward Ubon Ratchathani. They had been walking for about half an hour when a pickup truck struck the procession. The driver was 11 years old. Ten monks died. Others were injured. Five…
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36-The Couple Who Died While Cleaning Guanhe Road
At 6:25 a.m. on June 15, 2026, two sanitation workers were killed while working on Guanhe Road in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province. They were not two strangers working the same shift. They were a married couple in their sixties. Local officials confirmed that both worked in sanitation. A nearby shopkeeper who knew them said they…
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27-The Next Car Falling Into the River Could Be Ours
The Next Car Falling Into the River Could Be Ours On the night of July 19, 2024, a bridge collapsed on the Daning Expressway in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, China. Twenty-five vehicles fell into the river. Sixty-two people were killed or went missing. These were not “62 cases.” They were 62 human beings. People who thought…
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18-A Death That Should Never Have Happened
English A Death That Should Never Have Happened When Memory Is Not Enough, Safety Must Become Infrastructure Note: This article is a memorial commentary based on publicly available news reports and transportation safety information. The official cause of the accident and legal responsibility remain subject to investigation and judicial process. On May 16, 2026, in…