Train derails in northern France, injuring 44 people
Investigators are examining possible sabotage after the regional train struck an unidentified object and emergency crews deployed 140 firefighters.
- 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 metal object placed on the tracks caused the derailment of a high-speed train in northern France, with numerous injuries and a woman in severe condition
The track of the malicious act is privileged in the investigation of the derailment of a train, this Friday evening, September 11, in the north-west of France, in which 44 people were injured. A piece of rail was found on the track, according to a police source.
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = A passenger train derailed in France, injuring 44 people. Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, suspecting it was an act of sabotage.
French Police Suspect Train Derailment Was Sabotage
Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France which injured 44, one gravely, was the result of sabotage, a police source told AFP on Saturday. A fragment of rail was found on the track, with the possibility of a malicious act being treated as the main line of inquiry as a result, the source said. Carrying 186 passengers, the train was running between the Normandy cities of Rouen and Caen when it derailed around 7:45 pm (1745 …
The TER was carrying 186 passengers when it derailed on Friday night near Rouen. The balance is heavy: 44 people were injured, including an 18-year-old woman evacuated in absolute emergency by helicopter.
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