Latest update: 08/03/2009 

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French suburban train hits people standing on tracks, kills two
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At least two people died after they were hit by a suburban train outside Paris on Saturday night. Eleven others were injured. Children are among the victims.
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AFP - Two people were killed and 11 injured Saturday when a commuter train hit them while they were on the rails between the northern Paris suburbs of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, firefighters said.
   
The accident took place at 2230 GMT near the Stade de France sports stadium when a RER B line commuter train hit the people who were on the railway overpass crossing the A86 highway, said firefighters.
   
Children were among the victims, and three of the injured were in serious condition, they added.
 

Comments (2)

Completey avoidable

by Realist (not verified) - 09/03/2009 - 21:17

It is a terrible event but was completely avoidable. All to save just 10 minutes those people gambled with their lives and walked on a railway line. It's crazy. The fault here is impatience and foolishness, not SNCF negligence.

TRAIN CRASH

by Dennis Junior (not verified) - 08/03/2009 - 08:41

I AM SENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO THE AFFECTED PEOPLE IN THE TRAIN CRASH.....

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