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More than 100 people suffered bone fractures in a train accident in the Chinese capital Beijing, local authorities said. More than 500 people in total were taken to hospital after the accident on Thursday evening but there were no fatalities, the city’s transport authority said. Two carriages of an above-ground underground line were torn apart on the open track. It is not completely clear how the accident unfolded. According to state media, the authorities are working on the assumption that the slippery, snow-covered track led to an unsuccessful braking manoeuvre and subsequently to the collis…

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