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French Alps: Rock derails Nice to Digne-les-Bains train, 2 killed
Two people were killed when a falling boulder derailed a tourist train in the southern French Alps, local officials and firefighters say.
At least nine people were injured.
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One of the injured is said to be in a critical condition, while the others, including the driver, are reported to have sustained lighter injuries.
"A rock the size of a car came off the mountainside and slammed into the first car of the train,'' Jean Ballester, mayor of nearby Annot, told BFM television.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700
At least nine people were injured.
...
One of the injured is said to be in a critical condition, while the others, including the driver, are reported to have sustained lighter injuries.
"A rock the size of a car came off the mountainside and slammed into the first car of the train,'' Jean Ballester, mayor of nearby Annot, told BFM television.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700
Could have been a lot worse - the whole train could have fallen down the slope so easily.