16 die as trains collide in China

State television showed one or possibly two carriages on the ground under the bridge,with another hanging above it. Several other carriages derailed. More than 100 people have been taken to hospital,Xinhua said.

One train was going from Beijing to the coastal city of Fuzhou,the other from Zhejiang provincial capital Hangzhou,also to Fuzhou.

The scene was crowded,complicating rescue work, Xinhua said,adding that the Railway Ministry has ordered emergency checks on the countrys trains.