French Train Crash Caused by Technical Fault on Track, SNCF Says
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The French train crash that killed at least six people yesterday was probably caused by a technical fault involving the track, the railway operator SNCF said.
The piece of metal linking two train lines “broke away” when the accident took place, SNCF Chairman Guillaume Pepy said at a press conference broadcast live on French television today. Technical and judicial investigations will focus on this fault at the railway points, Pepy said.