Toulouse: A young woman killed in a collision with a train
A young woman was hit by a train this Friday afternoon in Toulouse. She did not survive. Train traffic on the Toulouse-Auch line is interrupted.
A terrible drama took place this Friday, at the end of the afternoon, in the Arènes sector in Toulouse. The emergency services were called at 5:11 p.m. for a collision between a train and a young girl, on the railway, boulevard Déodat-de-Séverac.
The firefighters but also the Samu were dispatched to the scene. They made several attempts to resuscitate the girl. In vain. She died at the scene.
According to witnesses and the SNCF, this is a desperate act. The victim would have deliberately sought the collision with the train. The driver could do nothing to avoid the collision.
The victim is said to be 22 years old and lives in this district of the Pink City. The reasons for his action are unknown. The intervention requires the deployment of about fifteen firefighters and three devices. The police forces secured the area and carried out the usual surveys and findings. As always in this type of accident, a police investigation was opened to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy.
No injuries are to be deplored in the regional express train. The driver of the machine was shocked and psychologically taken care of by the SNCF, as were the passengers who wanted it.
The circulation of trains has been interrupted, in both directions on this line which connects Toulouse to Auch. It was to resume at 7:40 p.m.
Desperate gestures are unfortunately commonplace on this line which crosses the west of Toulouse. Regularly, TER drivers are confronted with these situations in which they are powerless. This is the reason why they are systematically supported psychologically by the SNCF.