At least 10 people have been killed and about 20 injured in a train collision in north-east France, emergency workers have said.
About 12 people have been killed and about 20 injured in a head-on train collision in north-east France, rail firm SNCF has said.
A passenger train collided with a goods train in Zoufftgen, close to the border with Luxembourg, the state-owned rail company SNCF said.
A passenger train collided with a goods train in Zoufftgen, near the border with Luxembourg.
The crash happened at about 1145 local time (1045 GMT) in the region of Moselle.
The crash happened at about 1145 local time (1045 GMT) in the Moselle region.
The passenger train had been travelling from Luxembourg to the city of Nancy.
An SNCF spokesman said the two trains had been sent onto the same section of track after engineering works had restricted traffic to a single track.
Philippe Mirville, a spokesman for SNCF, told AP news agency the train had switched lines because the track it was travelling on was being repaired, and collided head-on with an oncoming freight train.
The company said two train drivers had died, as well "about 10" passengers.
The passenger train, a double-decker regional express, had been travelling from Luxembourg to the city of Nancy.
More than 100 rescue workers were at or heading to the crash site to set up a mobile hospital and treat victims, a local fire chief, Samuel Gesret, told French television.
"We are faced with an important and dramatic situation," Eric Soupra, a local civil security official, told French radio.
"We are faced with an important and dramatic situation," Eric Soupra, a local civil security official, told French radio.
Some of the wounded were trapped in the wreckage and would have to be cut out, he said.
Some of the wounded were trapped in the wreckage and would have to be cut out, he said.
Transport Minister Dominique Perben was travelling to the scene.
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Transport Minister Dominique Perben are travelling to the scene, as well as investigators who will be looking into the cause of the crash.
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