Explosions follow collision between train and truck

A train collided with a truck carrying gas bottles in northern France today, setting off explosions and injuring at least two people, authorities said.

The train was travelling on a line that links the cities of Rouen and Lille when it slammed into the truck that had broken down on the tracks at Saint-Laurent-Blangy, a town 25 miles southwest of Lille, near Arras, authorities said.