Beijing ? Two passenger trains collided in eastern China before dawn today, killing at least 66 people and injuring 247, a state news agency reported.

Xinhua News Agency says today’s crash happened about 4:40 a.m. in the city of Zibo in Shandong province.

It quoted witnesses as saying a passenger train from Beijing to coastal Qingdao city derailed and hit another train.

In January, 18 people died when a train hurtling through the night at more than 75 mph slammed into a group of about 100 workers carrying out track maintenance near the city of Anqiu in Shandong province.