standing between two trains, a young man kills himself in the subway
The victim was found “lifeless on the track, Thursday around 9:15 a.m., at La Blancarde station”, in the center-east of Marseille, the metropolitan transport authority said in a press release.
A young man was killed Thursday March 31 in the Marseille metro, after falling on the tracks from the hitch between two cars of a train, a practice called “surf train“, announced Friday the metropolitan transport authority. The victim has been foundlifeless on the track, Thursday around 9:15 a.m., at La Blancarde station“, in the center-east of Marseille, said the RTM in a press release.
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“It would seem that the young man traveled between Timone and Blancarde stations“, neighbors on line 1 of the Marseille metro, “not inside the train but perched on a coupling, the coupling system between the cars of the same train“Explains the Marseille metro authority, which will make the video recording available to investigators to confirm the circumstances of the accident. The metropolitan transport authority recalls in its press release the strict prohibition of this practice “particularly dangerous, as is climbing onto the roof of moving trains“.
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“Displays in all stations and in the trains as well as markings on the ground draw attention to the risk of such practices in order to dissuade all those who would like to move around other than inside the train.“, indicates the RTM. She assures that “the new Marseille metro (NEOMMA project) limits the risk of these dangerous practices” thanks to “the installation of landing doors and frames from a single tenant“. France has already experienced a few accidents related to “train-surf“. This practice, which came from Russia, consists of running on the roofs of moving commuter trains and filming yourself to post the video on social networks.
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