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Pigeon strikes train

PASSENGERS on the Hangzhou-Beijing high-speed railway were delayed on Sunday when a pigeon flew into a train's windshield and smashed it, Modern Express reported.

The train was about to depart from Zhenjiang South Railway Station in Jiangsu Province at about 11:55am when the pigeon slammed into the windshield. The train continued to Nanjing South Railway Station.

The windshield needed to be repaired and the train was taken out of service.

All passengers changed to another train, the report said.

No one was injured in the incident.

"Half of the windshield was broken when the train arrived and you could see blood on the glass," a passenger surnamed Qian, who had been waiting for the train at Nanjing South Railway Station, was quoted as saying. "The train we were transferred to departed at 12:40pm, which was a 45-minute delay for us."

The railway authority said the windshield, which consists of six layers, is made of bulletproof glass and had been fully examined, according to Modern Express.



 

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