Paris Train Crash: 'Many Casualties' Reported . At least six people are believed to have been killed with dozens more injured after a commuter train packed with 350 passengers derailed in the Paris suburb of Bretigny-sur-Orge.Train crash outside Paris Early reports say up to eight people were killed when the train derailed
French interior minister Manuel Valls said: "The death toll is evolving constantly at this point and unfortunately it will probably rise," Valls said.
"At this stage there are seven people dead, several dozen wounded and some of them are serious." Train crash outside Paris The French interior ministry has issued a red alert folowing the accident
SNCF spokesman Jean-Paul Boulet said the train was carrying some 350 passengers when it derailed at 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) and crashed into the station at Bretigny-sur-Orge, some 20 kilometers south of Paris.
Four carriages piled up, he added.
Early reports of fatalities are varied. The Le Parisien newspaper said up to eight people were dead. Train crash outside Paris Rescuers pull survivors from the wreckage. Pic: @aishakurdish
A police source said: "The train arrived at the station at high speed. It split in two for an unknown reason. Part of the train continued to roll while the other was left on its side on the platform."
The Paris prefect's office said a "red alert" plan had been activated.
Train crash outside Paris The train derailed at Bretigny-sur-Orge
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