North Korean train capsizes, killing hundreds of people... ``Deaths soar due to lack of antibiotics'' = RFA

The fact that a passenger train departing Pyongyang, North Korea and headed for Gomdeok in Hamgyongnam-do (South Hamgyong Province) overturned, causing a major accident that killed hundreds of people, was delayed.
It became clear. It is believed that the accident occurred because the train was unable to cross the hill due to aging railway tracks and strategic difficulties. Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) in the United States on the 16th (local time), December 26th last year
It was reported that a train departing Pyongyang on Sunday was unable to cross a high hill between Dongam Station and Lipa Station after passing Tancheon Station in South Hamgyong Province and overturned. At the time, heavy snow was falling around Tan Chong Station, where the accident occurred.
Due to this, snow had piled up. A source told RFA: "The train slowed down at the start of the steep incline, and as soon as it entered the track heading up towards Lipa station, the weak voltage caused the tires to spin.
``Then the entire train began to move backwards.The engineer applied the brakes, but the train moving backwards picked up speed and the train derailed.''
Immediately after the train derailed, the passenger car at the back of the train fell down a mountain, and after that, trains continued to derail one after another on the way to Tong-am Station and rolled into a valley.
There is also testimony that Passenger trains in North Korea typically operate in a series of nine to 11 cars with 60 seats. Seven vehicles overturned in this accident, but the number of people on board was 400.
It was said that it surpassed humans. Because the accident occurred the day before the Labor Party's plenary meeting (December 27), North Korean authorities appear to have controlled public opinion. After the accident, the Ministry of Social Safety in South Hamgyong Province
It was reported that the correctional team had organized a specialized team to clean up the accident scene and dispose of the body. The source said, ``The seriously ill people who were rescued from the Tan Chong area where the train overturned were sick in Tan Chong city.
They were taken to the hospital, but due to a lack of antibiotics and other fever-reducing drugs, they were unable to receive treatment, and most died at the hospital.''