France: High-speed train collides with truck, driver dies - VIDEO
A French high-speed train collided with a truck carrying a military vehicle in northern France on Tuesday, April 7, resulting in the death of the TGV driver and serious injuries to two others, according to officials.
The truck driver was taken into police custody after the train, which was traveling from the northern city of Dunkirk to Paris and carrying 243 people, collided with the vehicle at a level crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Two people were badly injured, although their lives were not in danger, Thieffry said. Fourteen others sustained less-serious injuries. The collision occurred at 6:48 am local time when the train was moving at an estimated speed of 160 kilometers per hour.
The train continued for several hundred meters before coming to a halt on the tracks, regional prefect François-Xavier Lauch told reporters.
By Ulviyya Salmanli
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