Ingenheim derailment

The Ingenheim derailment occurred on 5 March 2020 when a TGV train derailed near Ingenheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, on the LGV Est rail line due to a landslip.

At 07:45 CET (06:45 UTC),[1] a Colmar-Paris TGV train derailed between Ingenheim and Saessolsheim, Bas-Rhin, France.

[3] At the time of the derailment, the train was travelling at 270 kilometres per hour (170 mph).

Emergency service response included 102 gendarmes, 99 firefighters and 10 SAMU agents.

[7] The Strasbourg Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the accident.