these trains collided in shandong , china 4 : 41am local time on thursday killing at least 71 others and injury over 400 , include four french citizens . it is now not known exactly how many citizens were on either of the carriages . the collision occurred in zibo when one of the wagons traveling from beijing to qingdao cut lanes and rammed directly on with a line driving in the opposite path from ningbo to yangzhou . both of the train are reported to have been traveling at their highest loads when they collided .
Zibo is in the vicinity of Beijing.