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BEIJING, Kyodo - An official at the Chinese Railways Ministry disclosed that the high-speed train that was rammed from behind by another train last weekend wasn't stationary at the time of the crash as previously reported, but was running at reduced speed, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.
Immediately following the deadly crash in the eastern city of Wenzhou last Saturday, railway authorities told local media that the train came to a halt after being struck by lightning and was then hit by the second train.
According to the official, the train initially slowed to a halt because a train-control device aboard the train became unstable when a lightening strike caused signal equipment to malfunction at Wenzhou South Railway Station, the report said.
However, at the time of the collision the train was traveling at reduced speed in accordance with regulations.
Forty people died in the crash, and another 190 were injured, according to Xinhua.
According the People's Daily online edition, An Lusheng, the newly appointed chief of the Shanghai Railway Bureau, said an ongoing investigation had uncovered two problems so far -- a defective signaling system and dispatchers who didn't send any warnings after a lightning strike.
He said signal that should have turned red after lightning hit the train remained green, and rail staff then failed to see something was amiss, according to the report.
The Shanghai bureau operates and supervises train services in Shanghai and neighboring provinces, including Zhejiang Province, where the accident occurred.
Meanwhile, 10 families of the victims of the crash agreed to take an increased compensatory payment of 915,000 yuan (about $143,000), Xinhua separately reported Saturday. The Railways Ministry is still working on the compensation package for those who were injured.
This is China's most serious rail accident since 2008.
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