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Normandy derailment inquiry widens focus on rail fragment found on track

Après le déraillement d'un train à Cléon, le 12 septembre 2026.
Après le déraillement d'un train à Cléon, le 12 septembre 2026. AFP - GUILLAUME SALIGOT

A technical investigation has been launched into the derailment of a regional train near Rouen that left 44 people injured, as authorities work to establish how a piece of rail came to be lying on the track.

Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said on Sunday that the Bureau of Enquiries into Land Transport Accidents, known as the BEA-TT, would examine the circumstances surrounding the derailment alongside the judicial investigation already under way.

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