{"id":7451,"date":"2026-09-12T04:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7868626\/train-derails-in-france-and-injures-44-as-authorities-investigate-possible-sabotage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:29:40","slug":"train-derails-in-france-and-injures-44-as-authorities-investigate-possible-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7451\/train-derails-in-france-and-injures-44-as-authorities-investigate-possible-sabotage\/","title":{"rendered":"Train derails in France and injures 44 as authorities investigate possible sabotage"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS (AP) \u2014 French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a train derailment that injured 44 people in Normandy<\/a>, after a piece of rail was found on the track, police told The Associated Press on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The regional train was carrying 186 passengers from Rouen<\/a> to Caen when it derailed Friday evening at Cl\u00e9on, in the Seine-Maritime department of northwestern France.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old woman was among the injured and was evacuated by helicopter to Rouen University Hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the French national police communications service, known as SICOP, said that the piece of rail found on the track was \u201cprobably\u201d linked to the derailment. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she wasn\u2019t authorized to be publicly named in line with police policy. <\/p>\n

Investigators were working to establish whether the circumstances were accidental or involved sabotage, the service said. The prosecutor\u2019s office remained cautious about drawing conclusions, according to the police. <\/p>\n

France\u2019s previous rail disasters include the July 2013 derailment at Br\u00e9tigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, which killed seven people. <\/p>\n

In November 2015, a high-speed TGV train carrying out tests derailed at Eckwersheim, near Strasbourg, killing 11.<\/p>\n

More recently, a crash involving two high-speed trains at Adamuz in southern Spain killed 46 people and injured more than 100 in January, according to the Andalusian regional government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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