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At least 6 dead, dozens injured after train derails near Paris (PHOTOS)
Published time: July 12, 2013 16:18
Edited time: July 12, 2013 22:21
Edited time: July 12, 2013 22:21
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured after a train derailed in the southern suburbs of Paris. French media reported that 370 people were on board the train, some of whom are stuck inside overturned carriages.
"The death toll is evolving constantly at this point and unfortunately it will probably rise," French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said minutes after the incident. "At this stage there are seven people dead, several dozen wounded and some of them are serious."
The minister later lowered the death toll to six, adding that nine people are gravely injured.
The accident happened at a railway station in the commune of Bretigny-sur-Orge at 17:15 local time (15:15 GMT).
Some passengers were crushed or electrocuted as the train, which was en route from Paris to Limoges, dashed to the station at a high speed. One carriage was left behind as the train traveled a bit further before derailing and crashing into the platform. Four of the seven train carriages overturned, leaving many of the injured stuck inside.
“The train arrived at the station at high speed. It split in two for an unknown reason. Part of the train continued to roll while the other was left on its side on the platform,” a local police source said.
The commune’s mayor, Bernard Decaux, described the scenes of panic at the station as “apocalyptic,”saying he fears the number of victims will grow.
“Everything was fine as the train left Paris, and then we felt a violent shuddering and saw a billowing cloud of white smoke. We realised that the coaches behind us had fallen over and there were many people trapped inside. The train was full. SNCF staff told us that some of the dead had been decapitated,”a passenger told France 24..
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