Train derails in northern France, injuring 44 people
Investigators are treating a possible sabotage after a rail fragment was found on the track, and services on the line remain suspended.
- 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.
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A passenger train derailed in northwestern France, injuring 44 people. Authorities are investigating the possibility that someone intentionally induced the derailment after rail fragments weighing up to 300 kg were discovered at the accident site. According to AFP, a regional express train (TER) traveling from Rouen to Caen derailed near Cléon in the Seine-Maritime department around 7:45 p.m. local time on the 11th. The passenger car
Train derails in France injures 44 as authorities investigate possible sabotage
PARIS - French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a train derailment that injured 44 people in Normandy, after a piece of rail was found on the track, police told The Associated Press on Saturday.
"The most likely hypothesis today is that it is an act that is not simply deliberate, but can be described as criminal.The locomotive turned around," said the regional president of Normandy about the accident that left 44 people injured.
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