Paris Train Crash: 'Many Casualties' Reported

Up to eight people are believed dead and dozens injured after a train packed with 385 passengers derailed in a Paris suburb.

Early reports say up to eight people were killed when the train derailed

French interior minister Manuel Valls said: "The death toll is evolving constantly at this point and unfortunately it will probably rise.

"At this stage there are seven people dead, several dozen wounded and some of them are serious."    

The French interior ministry has issued a red alert folowing the accident

SNCF spokesman Jean-Paul Boulet said the train was carrying some 385 passengers when it derailed at 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) and crashed into the station at Bretigny-sur-Orge, some 20 kilometers south of Paris.

Four carriages piled up, he added.

Graham Hope, a passenger in the third of the train's four carriages, told Sky News: "The carriage I was in was bouncing for several seconds before we came to a halt. Everyone was very calm. A couple of people were quite concerned, but we worked together to get out of the carriage... 

Rrescuers pull survivors from the wreckage. Pic: @aishakurdish

"When I got out we could see the rest of the train was further up the line... I would be very surprised if people got out of the front carriage unscathed." 

Early reports of fatalities are varied. The Le Parisien newspaper said up to eight people were dead.

The train derailed at Bretigny-sur-Orge

A police source said: "The train arrived at the station at high speed. It split in two for an unknown reason. Part of the train continued to roll while the other was left on its side on the platform."

The Paris prefect's office said a "red alert" plan had been activated. 

Passengers who spoke to French media from the scene said the train was travelling unusually fast as it approached the station.

"Most of the people who suffered minor injuries have been taken care of. We are going to have to empty the carriages completely to see if there are victims or not," policeman Michel Pouzol said.

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