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Train derails in northern France, injuring 44 people
Investigators are examining possible sabotage after a rail fragment was found on the track and one passenger was critically injured.
A regional passenger train carrying approximately 180 people derailed near Cléon in Normandy, northern France, injuring at least 44 passengers.
Emergency services deployed 140 firefighters and medical personnel to the scene, airlifting an 18-year-old woman in critical condition to Rouen University Hospital.
Initial investigations by law enforcement indicated that the train came off the tracks after striking an unidentified object on the line between Rouen and Caen.
The impact caused four train cars to leave the rails and one carriage to overturn, according to local emergency response officials.
National railway operator SNCF suspended rail services along the impacted route and launched a formal investigation into the cause of the incident.
More than 40 people were injured, one seriously, in a train derailment in northwestern France. 130 firefighters were on the scene helping the injured and other passengers. The cause of the accident was initially unknown, but authorities have now said it could have been sabotage. Investigators suspect a deliberate act after finding a section of rail on the track.
There are 44 wounded in the north of France, a woman is in serious condition. The train, with 180 passengers, would have hit a metal object on the tracks. The article Train derailed in France, the police follow the runway of sabotage comes from The Truth.