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Around 60 people hurt in train crash in southern France
Around 60 people hurt in train crash in southern France
last updated:
17/08/2016
Eight people have been seriously injured and around 50 slightly hurt in a train crash in southern France.
The emergency services said that the local train was travelling from Nimes to Montpellier when it hit a tree that had fallen across the track near Saint-Aunès, east of Montpellier.
They said that a violent thunderstorm brought down the tree, which also damaged the electric power cables over the tracks, halting all services on that line.
One critically injured person – who witnesses said had been thrown from the train – was evacuated to hospital by helicopter.
last updated:
17/08/2016
Eight people have been seriously injured and around 50 slightly hurt in a train crash in southern France.
The emergency services said that the local train was travelling from Nimes to Montpellier when it hit a tree that had fallen across the track near Saint-Aunès, east of Montpellier.
They said that a violent thunderstorm brought down the tree, which also damaged the electric power cables over the tracks, halting all services on that line.
One critically injured person – who witnesses said had been thrown from the train – was evacuated to hospital by helicopter.