A French high-speed train driver was killed on Tuesday and 16 people were injured when his locomotive slammed into a truck carrying military equipment at a railway crossing in northern France, local a...

A train driver has died after his high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry carrying military equipment at a level crossing in France.

The train’s carriages derailed following the deadly ordeal in Noeux-les-Mines which also caused huge delays across nearby lines.