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The Zoufftgen rail crash occurred on October 11, 2006, near Zoufftgen, Moselle, France, close to Metz and the border with Luxembourg. Two trains collided head-on while one track of a double track line was out of service for maintenance. At least 6 people, including the drivers of both trains, were killed and 20 more were injured in the accident. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... For other uses of Metz, see Metz (disambiguation) City motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) City proper (commune) Région Lorraine Département Moselle (57) Mayor Jean-Marie Rausch Area 41. ... Standard wrong-way sign package used on all freeway off-ramps in California (and since copied by other states such as Georgia and Virginia). ... A BNSF Railway intermodal train passes some maintenance of way equipment on the double track mainline in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...

The accident happened just 20 metres from the Luxembourg border, and the end of one of the two trains was still in Luxembourg, which gave a very international dimension to the crash. The two trains involved were a Luxembourg (CFL) passenger train connecting Luxembourg to Nancy (this line is known as Metrolor) and an SNCF train going the other way. Two of the people killed were Luxembourgers, the other four were French. Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg Railways, abbreviated CFL) is the name of the national (and only) railway company of Luxembourg. ... Location within France Nancy (pronounced in French) (German: Nanzig) is a city and commune which is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... An SNCF multiple unit. ...

After further investigations by SNCF and CFL, railway officials came to the conclusion that the fault lay with the Luxembourg rail traffic controllers who cleared the passenger train onto the same track as the freight train. Luxembourg's Transport Minister Lucien Lux was quoted as saying "It's tough to say, but it's the fault of the CFL."^[1] Lucien Lux (born on 1956-09-13 in Troisvierges) is a politician from Luxembourg. ...

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References

1. ^ "Luxembourg takes rail crash blame", BBC News, 2006-10-15. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.

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