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| The train derailed near the city of Strasbourg |
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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 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 incident has happened just hours after 127 people died in a series of terror attacks in Paris.
In August there was also a terror attack on a French train but the gunman was overpowered by America marines travelling onboard.
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| Smoke was seen at the scene of the crash |
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| The incident happened just hours after a series of terror attacks in Paris |
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| A number of injured passengers have been taken to hospital |
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| It is not know how the derailment was caused |
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.
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