French authorities suspect that a train derailment in the northwest of the country, which resulted in 44 injuries, may have been caused by sabotage, according to a police source on Saturday.
The source indicated that police found a piece of railway track placed on the line, leading to the hypothesis of sabotage taking precedence in the initial investigations, as reported by Agence France-Presse.
The train was carrying 186 passengers and was traveling between the cities of Rouen and Caen in the Normandy region when it derailed at 7:45 PM on Friday.
Authorities activated a mass casualty response plan, deploying:
The public prosecutor in Rouen, Sébastien Galau, confirmed that 44 individuals sustained injuries, including one woman in critical condition. He noted that alcohol and drug tests for the train driver returned negative results.
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