Overview
- A TER regional train traveling the Rouen–Caen route derailed on Friday between Tourville and Elbeuf-Saint-Aubin near Cléon, carrying 186 passengers and injuring 44 people.
- Emergency crews treated and evacuated passengers at the scene and one 18-year-old was flown out in very serious condition while others were classified with less severe injuries.
- The Rouen judicial police have taken charge of the investigation to determine what caused the derailment and investigators plan on reconstructing the scene.
- First-responding officers tested the train driver for prohibited substances and those tests were negative, a procedural step that does not rule out mechanical, infrastructure, or human-factor causes.
- Passengers described sudden, violent shaking, shattered windows and track debris inside carriages, and authorities say restoring safe rail circulation and caring for victims are the immediate priorities.