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France investigates possible sabotage after derailment injures 44
French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a Normandy train derailment after a piece of rail was found on the track, police said.
A train derailment in Normandy injured 44 people, and French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused it. Police said Saturday that a piece of rail had been found on the track.
The regional train was traveling from Rouen to Caen with 186 passengers when it derailed Friday evening at Cléon, in the Seine-Maritime department of northwestern France.
An 18-year-old woman was among those injured. Police said she was evacuated by helicopter to Rouen University Hospital.
A spokeswoman for the national police communications service, SICOP, said the piece of rail was probably linked to the derailment. She spoke anonymously under police policy because she was not authorized to be named publicly.
Investigators were examining whether the circumstances were accidental or involved sabotage, the police communications service said. Police said the prosecutor’s office remained cautious about drawing conclusions.