A French truck driver was killed and 34 rail passengers injured on Tuesday when a high-speed TGV train collided with a lorry in eastern France, local officials said.
The Paris-Geneva train rammed into the truck that became stuck on a level crossing, near the eastern town of Tossiat, at around 9:30 am (0830 GMT), killing the driver and lightly injuring 34 passengers, officials said.
Police had earlier reported that the train driver was seriously injured in the crash, which occurred on a low-speed section of rail track.
Officials said the accident involved an exceptionally large truck, used for a one-off transport operation, which became stuck for an unknown reason and was unable to clear the crossing as the safety barrier came down.
The front of the TGV, which was travelling at around 100 kilometres (65 miles) an hour was derailed by the impact.
The train's remaining 160 passengers were safely evacuated by around 100 police and firefighters, backed by two helicopters.
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A File photo of a TGV train in Paris

A French truck driver was killed and 34 rail passengers injured on Tuesday when a  (''Train à Grande Vitesse'') train impacted a lorry in Eastern France near Switzerland, according to officials.
  
The TGV, which was travelling from Paris to Geneva, rammed into the truck which had become stuck on a level crossing, at around 9:30 a.m.  () near the eastern town of . The lorry driver died on the scene and the train driver was seriously injured in the crash. 
  
Officials have said that the accident involved a lorry that was carrying a cement mixing unit and that it had become stuck on the level crossing for an unknown reason, and was trapped in by the barriers when they went down. However, police officials have said that the driver had managed to leave the cabin of his truck, and that he was most likely moving to leave the level crossing by foot when the train impacted.

Travelling at around 100 kilometres (65 miles) per hour, the TGV was derailed, causing the SNCF (the French National Rail Service) to deviate all trains on the Paris–Geneva service via  for the next 48 hours.  
  
The train's remaining 160 passengers were safely evacuated.