{"id":3456,"date":"2026-04-07T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/3456\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:06:08","slug":"one-dead-after-high-speed-train-crashes-into-lorry-in-northern-france-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/3456\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead after high-speed train crashes into lorry in northern France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A high-speed train carrying 246 passengers derailed after colliding with a lorry in northern France, authorities said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver of the TGV train was killed and 16 passengers were injured, two of them seriously, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For reasons as yet unknown, the TGV &#8211; which was travelling from Dunkirk to Paris &#8211; collided shortly before 7 am (0500 GMT) at a level crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines with the trailer of a lorry carrying a mobile bridge for the army.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash occurred outside the French high-speed network. Nevertheless, the train was travelling at approximately 160 kilometres per hour. Following the violent collision, the train only came to a halt hundreds of metres further on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The level crossing barriers were working perfectly, said rail chief Jean Castex, who visited the scene alongside Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rescue workers were deployed in large numbers, and the lorry driver was taken into police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Photos shared by an official from the rail union showed the train&#8217;s generator car badly damaged and off the tracks. The union official said that only a week earlier a heavy army transport had become stuck at a level crossing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to French media, the train driver was a father of four who was about to retire. Castex paid tribute to him as an extremely experienced railworker.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Firefighters and police remove a person from the wreckage of a TGV train at a railroad crossing between Bethune and Lens in Bully-les-Mines. The high-speed train, carrying several hundred passengers, collided with a tractor-trailer in northern France and derailed. According to preliminary police reports, the train driver was killed and 27 passengers were injured, as reported by the TF1 network. Sameer Al-Doumy\/AFP\/dpa\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81a48bd4c779fc246204d3235fa14d1c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Firefighters and police remove a person from the wreckage of a TGV train at a railroad crossing between Bethune and Lens in Bully-les-Mines. The high-speed train, carrying several hundred passengers, collided with a tractor-trailer in northern France and derailed. According to preliminary police reports, the train driver was killed and 27 passengers were injured, as reported by the TF1 network. 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