Seven dead as high-speed train derails near French city
AT LEAST seven people have died and another seven have been injured after a high-speed train derailed near the French City of Strasbourg, local media has reported.
The train derailed near the city of Strasbourg
The crash involved a TGV train which apparently caught fire and then left the tracks. Pictures on Twitter appear to show flames coming from the rail-side.
Another image shows carriages, including the front of the train, in a canal.
The office of French President Francois Hollande said the train was not running on a line used by commercial trains. It was believed to have been on a test drive for a new route.
It also revealed 10 people were "gravely injured".
The incident has happened just hours after 127 people died in a series of terror attacks in Paris.
Smoke was seen at the scene of the crash
A number of injured passengers have been taken to hospital
It is not know how the derailment was caused
The incident happened just hours after a series of terror attacks in Paris
The train was a high-speed underground train on the new Paris to Strasbourg line.
It derailed near the German border at Eckwersheim.
Pictures show the locomotive partly submerged in the waterway. Other parts of the train are seen lying broken in a field next to the track.
Medical units and rescue teams are at the scene.
Currently there are no links with the atrocities in Paris which place last night.
Reports have suggested the train may have derailed because it was going too fast.