A high-speed Thursday morning at 07.45 been derailed in France on the way from the eastern city of Strasbourg to the capital city of Paris.

Over 20 people have been injured in the accident.

It informs the local management in the Bas-Rhin area of eastern France.

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Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Patrick Hertzog

– The preliminary assessment is that there is an injured person who is in very serious condition, and 20 people being treated for relatively serious injuries, says in a statement.

There were a total of 348 passengers on board the train.

On Twitter to disclose the state French railway company, SNCF, that the driver is “seriously injured” and have been flown away by helicopter.

The sounds ahead, to the train, the smoke of the rails due to a landslide.

Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Patrick Hertzog