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PARIS — 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 of its approximately 30 passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured. | |
The force of the boulder caved in the side of the train, which takes a leisurely three hours to travel from Nice, in the south of France, to Digne-les-Bains, 93 miles northwest. | The force of the boulder caved in the side of the train, which takes a leisurely three hours to travel from Nice, in the south of France, to Digne-les-Bains, 93 miles northwest. |
“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 TV. | “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 TV. |
The train travels along the mountains on track that is regularly hit by snow and rocks, but a regional transport official said it was considered safe. | The train travels along the mountains on track that is regularly hit by snow and rocks, but a regional transport official said it was considered safe. |
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