Dozens injured in French train collision

July 18, 2014 08:42 am | Updated 08:42 am IST - Paris

Dozens of people were wounded in a train collision in southern France, BBC reported on Friday.

The accident occurred when a high-speed TGV train on the Pau-Bayonne line was transporting 178 people but it crashed into a regional TER train carrying 70 passengers.

Initial reports indicate the TGV train was stopped on the tracks and restarting when the crash occurred near Denguin towns.

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