Excessive speed caused deadly train derailment in France



PARIS: -- Excessive speed caused the derailment of a high speed French TGV train, in which 11 people were killed.

Train operator SNCF said it entered a bend at 265 kilometres per hour, instead of 176 kilometres per hour, during a test run and started to brake too late.

It was travelling from Paris to Strasbourg.


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How very sad. RIP to the victims. France isn't catching much of a break lately.

Scott, on 20 Nov 2015 - 14:29, said:

How very sad. RIP to the victims. France isn't catching much of a break lately.

I agree with your sentiments of sympathy but this is criminal stupidity by the driver, did you also read there were unauthorized children on the train?