Date: 08/02/2014

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

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Two people die and at least nine are injured when a falling boulder derails a tourist train in the southern French Alps.