Seven people have been slightly injured in a rare derailment of a suburban RER train near Paris caused by a large amount of overnight rainfall in the region, France's transport minister, Elisabeth Borne, said Tuesday.
The minister told Franceinfo radio that three passenger cars of a RER B train came to rest on their side because of a landslide in Courcelle-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris.
“Fortunately, there are only seven slightly injured, who are being treated," Borne said.
All passengers have been safely evacuated.
Catherine Guillouard, president of the public transport company RATP, said train traffic will be disrupted on the line for an undetermined period of time.
Photos on the social media show water flowing down a hole under the rails.
A section of highway west of Paris has also been closed due to water on the road.
Several departments in the Paris region have been placed on an orange alert for heavy rains and flooding, as storms battered much of France over the past days.
