The Denguin rail crash occurred on 17 July 2014 when a

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passenger train collided with a SNCF

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express train near

Denguin Denguin () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It is located 14 km from Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, the prefecture of the Department. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department T ...

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, France. Forty people were injured, four seriously.

Accident

A high-speed TGV train on the Pau-Bayonne line was transporting 178 people when a regional TER train carrying 60 passengers crashed into it near the town of

. Nine people have been reported to be seriously injured. The

was travelling from

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba ...

, Hautes-Pyrénées to

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.http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/accident/pyrenees-atlantiques-au-moins-15-blesses-dans-une-collision-entre-un-tgv-et-un-ter_649741.html, date=17 July 2014, updated 18 July 2014, accessdate=22 July 2014, The TGV was reported to have come to a halt at a red signal near Denguin before proceeding under caution. At 17:38

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(15:38 UTC), the TER train ran into the TGV, which was then travelling at . The TER train was travelling at at the time of the collision. Forty people were injured, four seriously. The driver of the TER train was amongst those seriously injured. There were 170 passengers on the TGV and 70 on the TER train. Three of the injured were evacuated from the crash site by helicopter. By the afternoon of 18 July, two people remained in hospital with injuries described as "not life threatening". Secretary of State for Transport, Marine and Fisheries

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stated that signals were under maintenance at the time. Whether or not this was a causal factor in the accident would be part of the investigation. SNCF refuted suggestions that high temperatures had caused the TGV to suddenly slow. It is thought that the TER train received a green signal and had no warning of the TGV ahead until it came in sight. The TER train had been travelling at before the collision.

Investigation

The

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(BEA-TT) have opened an investigation into the accident. A separate criminal investigation was also opened, as was an internal investigation by SNCF.

References

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