Train derails in France and injures 44 as authorities investigate possible sabotage
French authorities are probing the possible role of sabotage in a train derailment that left 44 people injured in Normandy, after investigators discovered a piece of rail on the track, police disclosed on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday evening when the regional train carrying 186 passengers from Rouen to Caen derailed at Cléon in the Seine-Maritime department of northwestern France.
Among the injured was an 18-year-old woman who was airlifted to Rouen University Hospital. Police spokesperson SICOP, under the condition of anonymity, stated that the found rail piece was "probably" connected to the derailment. The prosecutor's office expressed caution in concluding whether the event was accidental or a case of sabotage.
Notably, France has faced other train mishaps, including a July 2013 derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge that claimed seven lives, and a 2015 incident near Strasbourg where an 11 fatalities occurred when a high-speed TGV train derailed during tests.
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