The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Beijing

A train ran into group of railway workers in eastern Shandong province, killing 18 and injuring nine others, officials said Friday.

The accident happened Wednesday night when the workers were replacing railway tracks near Anqiu city, the State Administration of Work Safety said in a notice on its Web site. The official Xinhua News Agency said the work was scheduled to start at 10 p.m. and that trains had been told to slow their speed to 28 mph from 9 p.m. But the workers entered the work area at 8:40 p.m. and were hit by the train traveling at more than 75 mph, it said.