A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French
city of Strasbourg, killing at least 10 people, officials say.
The crash happened during a test run in the town of
Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line.
The train was carrying 49 railway technicians when it derailed, caught fire, and plunged into a canal. Eleven people suffered serious injuries. The derailment was due to "excessive speed", officials say. Pictures showed the locomotive partly submerged. Wreckage was also scattered in a field beside the track. Reports say the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line is scheduled to open next year. Junior transport minister Alain Vidalies and Ecology Minister Segolene Royal will visit the scene, French media reported.
The train was carrying 49 railway technicians when it derailed, caught fire, and plunged into a canal. Eleven people suffered serious injuries. The derailment was due to "excessive speed", officials say. Pictures showed the locomotive partly submerged. Wreckage was also scattered in a field beside the track. Reports say the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line is scheduled to open next year. Junior transport minister Alain Vidalies and Ecology Minister Segolene Royal will visit the scene, French media reported.
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