The train involved in the accident was a type AMP800 diesel multiple unit
Details
Date
8 February 2014
Location
Between Annot and Saint-Benoît, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Country
France
Line
Nice – Digne-les-Bains
Operator
Chemins de Fer de Provence
Incident type
Derailment
Cause
Rockfall
Statistics
Trains
One
Passengers
34
Deaths
2
Injured
20
The Annot derailment occurred on 8 February 2014 when a train travelling from Nice to Digne-les-Bains on the Chemins de Fer de Provence was hit by a rock which fell down a mountain side. Both vehicles of the train were derailed, killing two people and injuring 20 others.
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