Train Hits, Kills 3 People Thought to Be Sleeping Migrants

Train Hits, Kills 3 People Thought to Be Sleeping Migrants
Police officers investigate as bodies are covered with blankets after a train accident in Ciboure, near Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, on Oct.12, 2021. Bob Edme/AP Photo
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PARIS—A train hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France on Tuesday morning. A local mayor said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks.

The train was on a line that links the seaside resort town of Hendaye, on France’s border with Spain, and the city of Bordeaux, the national railway company SNCF said. The collision occurred at around 5:30 a.m., striking four people who were on the tracks, it said.