ECKWERSCHEIM, France (AP) — A high-speed train undergoing a test derailed, burst into flames, split apart and plunged into a canal in northeast France, killing at least seven people and gravely injuring at least 10 others in what officials said appeared to be an accident.
There were no immediate indications that Saturday's crash into the Marne au Rhin canal had anything to do with the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris a day earlier, said spokeswoman Viviane Chevallier of the Bas-Rhin region.
Authorities believe the TGV high-speed train, with 49 people on board, was going too fast and skipped off the tracks in the town of Eckwerscheim near the German border, she said.
In a statement, French President Francois Hollande's office said the train was not running on a line used by commercial trains. His office said 10 people were gravely injured. Chevallier had said earlier 11 people were severely injured.
Five helicopters were deployed to evacuate the injured to hospital in the nearby city of Strasbourg. Two government ministers were en route to the site.
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It seems like they can't catch a lucky break.......
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Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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dales, trains are de-railing all over this country. it is in the news for one broadcast then nothing. no cause. no follow up. nothing.
same with many of these fires.
don t want to cause a panic you know......
same with many of these fires.
don t want to cause a panic you know......
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....sometimes you can even see that the newscaster is disgusted. they say. the reason is not yet been announced, look at the camera, kinda shake their head in disgust , sigh, and move on.
national security you know, can t cause a panic, be a good little patriot and shut up about it.
national security you know, can t cause a panic, be a good little patriot and shut up about it.
BAD LUCK AND MISFORTUNE...
... comes in three's, right? What's next?
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
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Beirut bombing?
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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dales, trains are de-railing all over this country. it is in the news for one broadcast then nothing. no cause. no follow up. nothing.
As they have been for decades, long before the war on terror was even a gleam in the eyes of zealots. Ditto for fatal car crashes, house fires, factory fires, even plane crashes. I imagine the disgust on the faces of the newscasters mentioned is because they can't play it up into a story which they can harp on for days on end, complete with a pithy title and animated graphics.
eta:
Apparently, they are declining--http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-aven ... tomer-kane