Train Derails in Northern France, Injuring Around 20 People
- On Friday, a passenger train operating the Rouen–Caen route derailed near Cléon in Normandy at approximately 7:54 p.m., French authorities confirmed.
- French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot mobilized 140 firefighters to the scene, while the Seine-Maritime prefecture activated a departmental operations center and urged the public to avoid the area.
- Around 20 people sustained injuries in the derailment, though Tabarot stressed the figure remains a "provisional count," and the train was carrying 180 passengers at the time.
- SNCF Reseau suspended all traffic on the affected rail line, confirming the immediate priority is caring for passengers and restoring safe operating conditions.
- Investigations are currently underway to determine the cause of the derailment, with authorities indicating that further information regarding the injured and future rail impacts will be provided.
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(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.
The track of sabotage takes more and more consistency after the serious railway accident in the north of France last night. A train with about 180 passengers on board, travelling...
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welingelichtekringen.nlROUEN (ANP/AFP) - Police believe the derailment of a train between the northern French cities of Rouen and Caen on Friday was the result of sabotage, an anonymous police source told news agency AFP. The train had 186 passengers on board and 44 people were injured. One of them is in critical condition....
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