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A picture shows a derailed wagon on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12, 2013 near Paris.
By Nancy Ing and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News
At least 6 people are dead and more than a dozen are injured after a train crash in the Paris suburb of Bretigny-sur-Orge on Friday afternoon, according to a regional official.
Six of the injured were in very serious condition, Michel Fuzeau, prefect of the Essone region where the crash took place, told reporters at the scene. He said he feared the number of casualties could rise as rescue workers responded on Friday.
The country?s interior minister put the toll higher in the crash?s immediate aftermath, telling the Associated Press that as many as seven people were thought to be dead.
?The death toll is evolving constantly at this point and unfortunately it will probably rise,? Interior Minister Manuel Valls said, according to Reuters. ?At this stage there are seven people dead, several dozen wounded and some of them are serious.?
A photograph taken from social media and posted on the website of French newspaper Le Parisien showed a smashed train car alongside the train station platform in Bretigny-sur-Orge, some 12 miles outside the French capital.
At least six people have died after a train crash outside Paris.
?Most of the people who suffered minor injuries have been taken care of,? local politician Michel Pouzol said, according to Reuters. ?We are going to have to empty the carriages completely to see if there are victims or not.?
An official for France's national railway company, SNCF, told the AP that the train was carrying 385 passengers when the train derailed and four cars piled up while traveling from Paris to Limoges around 5:15 pm local time.
?We do not know the cause of the derailment yet,? Giullaume Pepy, chairman of the SNCF, said at the scene, according to Reuters.
An investigation is in progress to determine the cause of the derailment, SNCF said in a statement. Four cars at the rear of the train derailed, and a middle car was lying on its side near the platform, according to the statement.
France's transport minister is heading to the crash scene, the AP reported.
NBC News? Alastair Jamieson contributed to this report.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for further updates.
This story was originally published on Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:47 PM EDT
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