He had forgotten his business at his place: the faithful winger of Castres Josaia Raisuqe died this morning on Thursday May 8 at the wheel of his car, struck by a train in Saïx in the Tarn, on the way between his home and the training center of the Top 14 club.
According to the Castres prosecutor’s office (Tarn) and the club, the Rugby player Fijien Josaia Raisuqe, 30 years old, died this Thursday, May 8 when his vehicle was struck by a train up to a level crossing in the town of Saïx, where the co -co.
A driver and a train controller were evacuated, unharmed physically but in shock, according to the Tarn firefighters. No passenger was injured, according to this source. A “investigation to search for death” was immediately opened and entrusted to the local gendarmerie brigades, said the Public Prosecutor of Castres, Elodie Buguel, in a press release.
He had forgotten his things at home
According to her, Josaia Raisuqe “had just left the training center to go home to recover forgotten things” when the drama occurred.
“Technical and scientific” investigations have been carried out “in particular to determine the exact circumstances of the collision (entry of data from the black box of the train, investigation on the proper functioning of the level passage)”, according to the prosecutor’s press release.
A tribute this weekend on the field
In addition to the postponement of the Castres match against Clermont, the National Rugby League (LNR) announced that a tribute would be “paid to Josaia Raisuqe on all Top 14 and Pro D2 land this weekend”.
“Inevitably we have an immense thought for the Olympic Castres, his family and him first,” Laurent Thuéry, the deputy coach of the Toulousain stadium, reacted at a press conference.
In CCASTRES this Thursday, May 8, a hundred supporters of the CO spontaneously gathered at the Pierre-Fabre stadium to pay a last tribute to their player.
Silver medalist at the Paris Olympics
Josaia Raisuqe joined Castres in 2021 after having passed through the Stade Français (2015-2017) then by Nevers, in Pro D2 (2017-2021).
He was also part of the VII Rugby team of the Fiji who had won the silver medal during the 2024 Olympics. The Fijians bowed in the final against the French led by Antoine Dupont. The captain of the XV of France published on his Instagram account a black and white photo of Raisuqe struck with a heart.
In March, the Fijian had engaged with Brive, currently in Pro D2, for the next two seasons.
