At least six people are dead and dozens more are injured after a packed train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris.
The seven-carriage service was about 20 minutes into a three-hour journey to Limoges when it crashed 12 miles south of the capital about 5:15pm (local time).
Part of the metal roof over the platform was crushed as carriages slid towards Bretigny-sur-Orge station in France's deadliest rail crash for years.
An investigation into the cause is under way after the train, with 385 passengers on board, derailed.
The French interior minister has called it a 'catastrophe' But the head of the SNCF rail authority, Guillaume Pepy, said the third and fourth carriages initially came off the track, then knocked the others off.
He called it a "catastophe", adding: "Some cars simply derailed, others are leaning, others fell over."
The crash happened as France prepared to celebrate its most important national holiday, Bastille Day, on Sunday.
Seven carriages piled up Many people have been heading out of Paris and other big cities to see family or go on holiday.
Footage from the scene showed crushed metal on the platform and debris from the crash clogging up the stairs.
Interior minister Manuel Valls said at least six people have been killed. He added that nine people are gravely injured and has also warned the number of dead could rise.
Rescuers pull survivors from the wreckage. Pic: @aishakurdish Briton Graham Hope, a passenger in the third carriage, told Sky News: "The carriage I was in was bouncing for several seconds before we came to a halt.
"Everyone was very calm. A couple of people were quite concerned, but we worked together to get out of the carriage.
"When I got out we could see the rest of the train was further up the line ... I would be very surprised if people got out of the front carriage unscathed."
The train derailed at Bretigny-sur-Orge A witness in a nearby train, 19-year-old Bazgua El Mehdi told Le Parisien newspaper: "I heard a loud noise. A cloud of sand covered everything. Then the dust dissipated.
"I thought it was a freight train, but then we saw the first casualties ... Many passengers on the (train) were crying."
A police source said: "The train arrived at the station at high speed. It split in two for an unknown reason. Part of the train continued to roll while the other was left on its side on the platform."
But a passenger speaking on France's BFM television said the train was going at a normal speed and was not meant to stop at Bretigny-sur-Orge.
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