A high-speed TGV train running between Strasbourg in eastern France and Paris has derailed, injuring 20 people including one seriously, local authorities said.
Police and emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident, which happened on Thursday morning near Ingenheim in the Bas-Rhin area, a local official said in a statement.
"The initial assessment is that there is one wounded person who is an extremely urgent case, and 20 people who are being treated as relatively urgent cases," the statement said.
There were 348 passengers on board.
A landslide appeared to have caused the accident, a local law enforcement official told Reuters.
Other trains were being re-routed and there was no interruption to services, a spokesman for the state rail company SNCF said.
In 2015, a TGV derailed on the Paris-Strasbourg line during a test run before the line's entry into service, killing 11 people.
That crash dealt a setback to the rollout of high-speed rail lines that are a symbol of French pride and intended to help support economic growth beyond the capital.
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