10 killed after French high-speed train derails and crashes into canal

Rescuers arrive at the scene where a high-speed train derailed and crashed into a canal in eastern France on Saturday.

(CNN) – At least 10 people were killed in eastern France on Saturday after a high-speed train came off the tracks and plunged into a canal during a test run, authorities said.

Around 50 people — mostly engineers and other railway staff — were aboard the TGV when it derailed outside the city of Strasbourg, according to the French railway operator SNCF.

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Images from the scene showed sections of the train partially submerged in the canal, near a bridge.

 

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