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Subway trains crash in South Korean

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Subway trains crash in South Korean
Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, May 2, 2014 7:43 AM

"An incoming train crashed into one that was stopped at the station," fire department official Kim Kyung-su told a news conference.

About 1,000 people were evacuated, Kim said.

Seoul Metro official Chung Soo-young said the accident was caused by a signal failure and that two subway cars were derailed.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/02/us-southkorea-crash-idUSBREA4105S20140502 

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:54 AM

Article seems disappointed that no one was killed.

How do we know it was signal failure - not an operator asleep at the throttle?

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