Fan Zhujun was travelling with her mother and aunt for a holiday in Qingdao when the tragedy happened.
'I was sleeping in the middle bunk bed when I suddenly felt a strong shake of the train,' Ms Fan, 29, said from her bed in Zhoucun District People's Hospital after the pre-dawn collision.
'The first thing that popped in my mind was: 'is the train derailed?'
'I told myself mentally that trains are very safe, but then it started shaking violently again, first to the left, then to the right. My head banged against the window, and everything in the carriage fell to the floor. Many people were screaming. The train kept swinging until it finally stopped. It must have been one or two minutes.
'I was thrown to the ground and jostled with other people. I could feel blood coming out of my body. My waist hurt as if it was broken.'
She reached for her mobile phone and checked the time. It was 4.30am.
'While I was lying there waiting to be rescued, I could see a woman whose head was smashed so badly that you couldn't tell it was a head,' Ms Fan said.
