Train accident at Paris' Gare de l'Est station lightly injures about 30

A suburban commuter train slammed into a
buffer at the end of the tracks at Paris's Gare de l'Est
train station on Thursday, lightly injuring about 30
people, railway officials said, according to AP
The train, which originated in the eastern Paris suburb of
Chateau-Thierry, hit the buffer at about 10 kilometers (six
miles) per hour, SNCF railway officials said. About 30
people were lightly injured, but no one was hospitalized.
Firefighters were dispatched to Gare de l'Est, in the east
of the French capital, and station authorities put an
emergency response plan into effect.
The train's engineer was being held for questioning,
judicial officials said. The cause of the incident was not
immediately clear.
-- SPA