French couple and child killed at 'unprotected' rail crossing
A couple and their 10-year-old child died on Thursday when their car collided with a train at an unprotected rail crossing in Normandy in northern France.
The incident took place shortly before 4pm near the seaside resort town of Deauville (see below).
#Accident voiture contre train #Paris-#Deauville
-3 occupants du véhicule DCD
-Train pas de blessés grave
Activation de la cellule de crise pic.twitter.com/oafLiiQ9U1
— Préfet du Calvados (@Prefet14) November 2, 2017
The family were from the Bas-Rhin department in eastern France, reported French newspaper Ouest France.
The accident took place in Bonneville-sur-Touques, a few kilometers south of Deauville at an "unprotected" railway crossing with no barrier or alarm.
There were no serious injuries are among the 95 train passengers, the local police tweeted.
Bilan #Accident TER-Voiture à Bonneville/Touques
CP https://t.co/Wb29g7qbPj
TRAIN: Aucun blessé parmi les 95 passagers
Voiture: 3 décédés pic.twitter.com/reairKwZCa
— Préfet du Calvados (@Prefet14) November 2, 2017
An AFP journalist who was on the train said it derailed, without overturning. The train was travelling from Lisieux, also in Normandy, and bound for Deauville
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The incident took place shortly before 4pm near the seaside resort town of Deauville (see below).
#Accident voiture contre train #Paris-#Deauville
— Préfet du Calvados (@Prefet14) November 2, 2017
-3 occupants du véhicule DCD
-Train pas de blessés grave
Activation de la cellule de crise pic.twitter.com/oafLiiQ9U1
The family were from the Bas-Rhin department in eastern France, reported French newspaper Ouest France.
The accident took place in Bonneville-sur-Touques, a few kilometers south of Deauville at an "unprotected" railway crossing with no barrier or alarm.
There were no serious injuries are among the 95 train passengers, the local police tweeted.
Bilan #Accident TER-Voiture à Bonneville/Touques
— Préfet du Calvados (@Prefet14) November 2, 2017
CP https://t.co/Wb29g7qbPj
TRAIN: Aucun blessé parmi les 95 passagers
Voiture: 3 décédés pic.twitter.com/reairKwZCa
An AFP journalist who was on the train said it derailed, without overturning. The train was travelling from Lisieux, also in Normandy, and bound for Deauville
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