{"id":44068,"date":"2026-04-07T18:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44068"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:55:15","slug":"train-driver-dead-and-16-injured-after-crash-with-lorry-carrying-military-equipment-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44068","title":{"rendered":"Train driver dead and 16 injured after crash with lorry carrying military equipment | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A driver was killed and 16 passengers were injured when a high-speed train and a truck carrying military equipment collided in France.<\/p>\n

The crash happened on Tuesday just before 7am at a railway crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines, authorities said.<\/p>\n

More than 200 passengers were on board at the time, with two people taken to hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n

The 56-year-old train driver was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

An aggravated manslaughter investigation has now been opened and the driver of the lorry was held in custody.<\/p>\n

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It is thought the train was travelling at an estimated 100mph at the time of the impact, which happened as they were travelling from Dunkirk to Paris, the regional administration, Francois-Xavier Lauch, said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Etienne Thieffry said it is too early to determine the exact cause of the crash.<\/p>\n

However, the railroad crossing gates were working correctly, according to Jean Castex, head of SNCF – the national railway authority that operates nearly all rain transport in the country.<\/p>\n

Rescue crews were still at the scene on Tuesday clearing the wreckage as investigators continued to probe the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n

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Pictures from the scene showed the front of the locomotive was badly mangled and the HGV was also severely damaged.<\/p>\n

The wrecked train remained on the tracks and the railway line was closed while emergency teams worked in the area.<\/p>\n

It became the second similar incident in the last few weeks, after a lorry driver was killed in a collision with a train at a level crossing in Saint Raphael in southeastern France on 25 March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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