Two U.S. citizens among dead after train plunges off bridge in China killing 43

Two U.S. citizens were among the dead after a devastating train crash in China, the American Embassy in Beijing has confirmed. One of them was believed to be a woman in her 20s.

A bullet train was travelling south from the Zhejiang provincial capital of Hangzhou when it lost power in a lightning strike on Saturday and was hit from behind by a second train, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The disaster has cast doubts about China's breakneck plans to expand high-speed rail across the country.

Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu today apologised to the victims of the crash and their families. But government officials haven't explained why the second train was apparently not warned there was a stalled train in its path.

Rescuers found more bodies on Sunday afternoon, bringing the death toll to 43.

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