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Rescue workers evacuate injured people outside Yu Yuan Garden station after a subway train collision in Shanghai. A subway train rear-ended another on Tuesday afternoon in Shanghai, leaving some passengers injured, the subway operator said.Carlos Barria/Reuters

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Firemen work to evacuate injured people in the underground tunnel of Line 10 after a train collision in Shanghai. Two subway trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday, leaving around 40 passengers injured, official media reported.China Daily/Reuters

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Firemen help evacuate a victim outside the Yuyuan Garden station after a subway crash in Shanghai.Carlos Barria/Reuters

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Rescue workers evacuate injured people from a train car after a subway train collision near Yu Yuan Garden station in Shanghai.Reuters/Reuters

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Rescue workers evacuate an injured woman outside Yu Yuan Garden station after a subway train collision in Shanghai.Carlos Barria/Reuters

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Rescuers evacuate passengers after a subway train collision in Shanghai. A crash between two metro trains in the Chinese city of Shanghai injured more than 40 people, most of them lightly, as more than 500 passengers have been evacuated from the trains after the collision, which was apparently caused by a signal failure.AFP/Getty Images/AFP / Getty Images

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Passengers walk out from a subway tunnel after leaving a train involved in a collision in ShanghaiAP Photo/The Associated Press

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Rescue workers evacuate an injured woman outside Yu Yuan Garden station after a subway train collision in Shanghai.Carlos Barria/Reuters

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