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DSY011 8th February 2014 22:17

Rock strike kills two on Alps train
 
Two people were killed when a falling boulder derailed a tourist train in the southern French Alps, local officials and firefighters say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700

The train was travelling from Nice to the town of Digne-les-Bains on a line which crosses gorges and viaducts at up to 1,000m (3,200ft) above sea level.


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