A French high-speed train crashed into a truck carrying military equipment in northern France on Tuesday, killing the driver of the TGV and critically injuring two people, officials said.
The train, which was travelling from the northern city of Dunkirk to Paris and carrying 243 people, collided with a lorry at a level crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines, the prefecture said.
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