French high-speed train derails, at least 5 dead: reports
Xinhua, November 14, 2015 Adjust font size:
A test TGV train travelling to Strasbourg caught fire after derailing, causing at least five deaths, French TV TF1 reported Saturday evening, citing the prefecture of Bas-Rhin.
According to the reports, a non commercial TGV that was conducting tests on the new high speed line at north of Strasbourg derailed Saturday afternoon in Eckwersheim (Bas-Rhin), causing "at least five people".
This test train which, according to the SNCF, was travelling with technicians aboard, would have "derailed due to excessive speed", said TF1. Endit