a woman dies hit by a train
Thursday, December 23, on a level crossing, a train fatally struck an 82-year-old woman, in Baziège near Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). This is the fourth such accident in the region in a week.
After another dramatic accident, rail traffic was interrupted on the line Toulouse-Carcassonne during the morning of Thursday, December 23, before resuming at 11 o’clock.
UN little more early, at around 8 a.m., an 82-year-old woman was struck by a train at the crossing in Baziège, near Toulouse (Haute Garonne).
According to the first on-site findings, the victim would not have seen the train arriving.
This news item is the fourth of this type in a week. On December 15, a collision between a TER, traveling between Toulouse (Haute Garonne) and Rodez (Aveyron), and a car, occurred without causing any injuries. The traffic was interrupted for more than two hours.
Thursday December 16, in Albi (Tarn), the driver of a scooter was struck by a train at a level crossing. The 18-year-old victim died instantly.
Then, four days later, on December 20, an intercity Toulouse-Paris had hit the back of the trailer of a heavy goods vehicle at a level crossing in the town of Realville in the Tarn-et-Garonne, causing no injuries.