Rescue workers work the scene of a train accident near Digne-les-Bains in the French Alps after a train derailed on February 8. The train collided with a large boulder, leaving two people dead and several others injured.
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Rescue workers work the scene of a train accident near Digne-les-Bains in the French Alps after a train derailed on February 8. The train collided with a large boulder, leaving two people dead and several others injured.
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The boulder that caused the derailment sits below the damaged train.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
The boulder that caused the derailment sits below the damaged train.
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Authorities say the train was carrying 35 passengers and was traveling on a route between Saint-Benoit and Annot in a mountainous area of the department of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
Authorities say the train was carrying 35 passengers and was traveling on a route between Saint-Benoit and Annot in a mountainous area of the department of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
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The train reportedly collided with a boulder that fell from the mountainside onto the track.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
The train reportedly collided with a boulder that fell from the mountainside onto the track.
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A man inspects the wreckage of the train.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
A man inspects the wreckage of the train.
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Authorities look over the wreckage as rescue operations take place.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
Authorities look over the wreckage as rescue operations take place.
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The wreckage can be seen beyond a responder.
Boulder derails train in French Alps —
The wreckage can be seen beyond a responder.
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Boulder derails train in French Alps
CNN  — 

At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in a train derailment in southeastern France on Saturday morning, a local mayor said.

The train, which carried 35 passengers, was traveling on a route between Saint-Benoit and Annot in a mountainous area of the department of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Annot Mayor Jean Ballester said.

The derailment took place when the train hit a rock that had fallen on the railway, Ballester said in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV.

An emergency plan was launched by regional authorities. Dozens of firefighters and a rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene, Ballester said.