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Coverage dated October 11, 2021

Train hits, kills 3 people thought to be sleeping migrants

Headline from Local News 8

PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the collision on Tuesday morning said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks.

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    French train hits and kills sleeping migrant, 2 others (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A train hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France on Tuesday morning. The regional prosecutor said the victims appeared to be Algerian migrants who had been expelled from nearby Spain and had been sleeping on the tracks, calling it a "terrible human dram…

  2. Deutsche Welle

    France: Regional train strikes four people, killing three | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The people were reportedly lying on the train tracks early on Tuesday. One person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

  3. Local News 8

    Train hits, kills 3 people thought to be sleeping migrants (opens Local News 8)

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    PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the collision on Tuesday morning said the victims were thought to be migrants who were resting on the tracks.

  4. MyNorthwest

    Train plows into suspected migrants, kills 3, in France (opens MyNorthwest)

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    PARIS (AP) -- A train hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France on Tuesday morning. A local mayor said the

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