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French rail system faulted for being in ‘a state of disrepair never seen before’ causing accident
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/06/french-rail-system-faulted-for-being-in-a-state-of-disrepair-never-seen-before-causing-accident/
French rail system faulted for being in ‘a state of disrepair never seen before’ causing accident
By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, July 6, 2014 18:40 EDT
Experts tasked with investigating one of France’s worst ever train accidents found “a state of disrepair never seen before” on the rail network, French media reported on Sunday.
Michel Dubernard and Pierre Henquenet, appointed by a court to find the cause of the July 2013 Bretigny-sur-Orge derailment which left seven people dead, ruled out a malicious act in their report, according to Le Figaro.
But they found more than 200 problems recorded relating to the part of the track where the crash occurred and that the damage took place “over several months”.
The experts concluded that “most of these problems were known to SNCF” and were not repaired adequately.
