France: Boulder Crashes into tourist train in Alps, at least two killed

Posted on February 9, 2014 • Filed under: France, Tourists Injured, Tourists Killed

An enormous boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured.
globalnews.ca reported that the force of the boulder caved in the side of the train, which takes a leisurely three hours to travel about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Nice to Dignes-les-Bains. “A rock the size of an automobile came off the mountainside and slammed into the first car of the train,” Jean Ballester, mayor of nearby Annot, told BFM television. “There are unfortunately two dead.” Read Article

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