15 Die in Paris Train Collision

At least 15 commuters were killed and 40 injured when a suburban train drove at high speed into another train waiting at Paris’ Gare de Lyon railway station today, police said.

Up to 20 people were feared trapped inside the twisted wreckage and police said the final death toll could be much higher. Witnesses said the force of the impact sent the engine of the moving train plowing through the back of the other, crushing at least two cars. The collision occurred shortly after 7 p.m. on the station’s underground level, and officials said both trains were packed with passengers.