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A piece of rail on the track, and 44 hurt in Normandy
A regional train left the rails in Normandy, and investigators found something on the track that should not have been there.
In brief
A regional train left the rails in Normandy, and investigators found something on the track that should not have been there. Police found a piece of rail on the track and say it is probably linked to the derailment, but nobody has ruled between accident and sabotage yet. Originally reported by ABC News.
A Friday evening derailment
A regional train carrying 186 passengers from Rouen to Caen came off the tracks at Cleon, in the Seine-Maritime department of northwestern France. Forty-four people were injured.
Airlifted to hospital
An 18-year-old woman was among the injured and was flown by helicopter to Rouen University Hospital, police said.
Something was on the track
Police found a piece of rail lying on the track. A spokeswoman for the national police communications service, SICOP, said it was probably linked to the derailment.
“probably”
Accident or sabotage
Investigators are still working out whether the circumstances were accidental or deliberate. The prosecutor's office is holding back from any conclusion.
France has been here before
A 2013 derailment at Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, killed seven. In 2015, a TGV on a test run derailed at Eckwersheim near Strasbourg, killing 11.
A bad year for European rail
In January, two high-speed trains crashed at Adamuz in southern Spain, killing 46 people and injuring more than 100, according to the Andalusian regional government.
The headline
Police found a piece of rail on the track and say it is probably linked to the derailment, but nobody has ruled between accident and sabotage yet.
