Reuters July 13, 2013 - 14:35 By Pauline Ades-Mevel BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (Reuters) - The train derailment that killed at least six people in central France on Friday may have been caused by a loose steel component at a junction, French train operator SNCF said. The component, which should have remained bolted onto the track, moved to "the middle of the track junction", preventing the rolling stock from passing through, Pierre Izard, head of infrastructure services at SNCF, said on Saturday. SNCF said it would immediately start checking some 5,000 similar junctions throughout the French rail network. The accident, which injured dozens of people, marred festivities for France's...
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