(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 11.)
METZ, France — A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northeastern France Wednesday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
The passenger train was traveling from Luxembourg to the French city of Nancy, said Philippe Mirville, a spokesman for French rail operator SNCF.
The line the passenger train was on was being repaired, so it switched onto a second track, hitting the oncoming freight train at Zoufftgen, about 12 miles south of Luxembourg, just before noon, Mirville said.
Nine of those killed were aboard the passenger train, said authorities for the Lorraine region of northeastern France.
More than 100 rescue workers were at or heading to the crash site to set up a mobile hospital, a local fire chief, Samuel Gesret, told France-2 television.