French high speed train crashes into military truck, killing driver

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – A French high-speed train crashed on Tuesday morning into a truck carrying military equipment at a level crossing near Calais, killing the train driver, a spokesperson for the local prefecture said.

The spokesperson said several others were injured, confirming an earlier report from a union representative.

French transport minister Philippe Tabarot also confirmed the train crash in a post on X, adding that he would be going to the scene of the accident.

State-owned railway operator SNCF said on its X account that the accident had occurred at a level crossing between the towns of Bethune and Lens, and that traffic had been interrupted.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Sophie Louet; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)