https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fifteen people were injured after a train crashed into a truck in south western France on Wednesday. The collision was so powerful that a nearby house was also damaged. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151022/france-fifteen-hurt-as-train-collides-with-truck Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:16:03 +0200 france-fifteen-hurt-as-train-collides-with-truck A long awaited report on the deadly Bretigny train crash in the Paris suburbs published on Friday shed some light on the cause of July's derailment that shocked a country which prides itself on its world class rail system. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140110/bretigny-safety-sncf-train-crash-paris-french Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:40:00 +0100 bretigny-safety-sncf-train-crash-paris-french A motorist in France was killed on Thursday when the car she was driving in plunged off a bridge and in to the path of a high speed TGV train in the centre of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131011/car-plunges-into-speeding-french-tgv-train Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:27:00 +0200 car-plunges-into-speeding-french-tgv-train The death toll from the fatal train derailment at Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12 has risen from six to seven, according to various French media reports on Monday, after a 67-year-old woman succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130729/french-train-crash-death-toll-rises-to-seven Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:26:11 +0200 french-train-crash-death-toll-rises-to-seven Callous, opportunistic thieves from Brétigny-sur-Orge, where a train derailed killing six people last Friday, threw stones at police and rescue workers and stole possessions from accident victims, an explosive new police document has alleged. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130719/residents-threw-stones-and-stole-from-crash-victims Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:05:00 +0200 residents-threw-stones-and-stole-from-crash-victims President Francois Hollande was likely to face tough questions about the accident on Sunday, when he gives an interview to leading French television channels to mark the Bastille Day holiday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130714/hollande-set-for-train-crash-grilling Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 hollande-set-for-train-crash-grilling France's national rail company SNCF said on Saturday a train crash near Paris on Friday evening was caused by a fault in the tracks, as details began to emerge on the accident's six victims, two of whom were a couple aged in their 80s. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130713/fatal-french-train-crash-caused-by-track-fault Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:49:00 +0200 fatal-french-train-crash-caused-by-track-fault A regional train collided with a construction vehicle at a level crossing near Marseille on Tuesday leaving 31 people injured, one of them seriously. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130416/marseille-train-crash-leaves-dozens-injured Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:22:00 +0200 marseille-train-crash-leaves-dozens-injured