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Train Derailment Probe Sabotage

12 Sep to 13 Sep

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Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning Post
THOMAS ADAMSON Associated PressABC News (US)
The Straits TimesThe Straits Times
Lisa HornungUPI

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Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France which injured 44, one gravely, was the result of sabotage, a police source said on Saturday.

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Carrying 186 passengers, the train was running between the Normandy cities of Rouen and Caen when it derailed around 7.45pm local time on Friday close to Renault’s factory in the town of Cleon.

4 of 4 outletsfirst reported 12 Sepwording from South China Morning Post

Rouen prosecutor Sebastien Gallois said 44 people were injured including an 18-year-old woman evacuated “in a critical condition”, while tests for drugs and alcohol on the train driver had come back negative.

3 of 4 outletsfirst reported 12 Sepwording from South China Morning Post

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12 Sep
Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France which injured 44, one gravely, was the result of sabotage, a police source said on Saturday.
4 outlets · South China Morning Post

Coverage 4 articles

13 Sep 44 injured, 1 seriously, in France derailment; possible sabotage
UPI
12 Sep French police suspect train derailment was sabotage as probe continues
The Straits Times
12 Sep Train derails in France and injures 44 as authorities investigate possible sabotage
ABC News (US)
12 Sep French police probe if sabotage derailed train and injured 44
South China Morning Post

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