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10 killed in French TGV train derailment accident

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A high-speed train in France has derailed near the German border in France’s Alsace region, killing 10 people and injuring 37 more. The TGV (the French acronym for Train à Grande Vitesse) was in its test run dashing at the speed of 350 kph (217 mph) from Paris to Strasbourg when it was derailed and caught fire in Eckwersheim, located 6 kilometers (4 miles) north of Strasbourg in northeastern France. According... 
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