A total of six people were wounded on Wednesday after a French regional train TER crashed into a fallen tree on track following stormy weather in the southern region of Montpelier, railway company SNCF said.
On its twitter account, SNCF has written "violent storm in Montpellier region. A TER hit by a tree on the rail, some wounded on board."
The train, carrying about 200 passengers ran at 140 km per hour and crashed into the tree which was uprooted by strong wind in Saint-Aunes, east of Montepelier, BFMTV news channel reported.
Emergency services including ambulances, helicopters were immediately dispatched to the accident scene, according to the report.
The rail traffic is completely interrupted between Montpellier and Nimes.
Source : XINHUA
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