In Deux-Sèvres, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a TER train this Thursday, November 21 around 8:40 a.m., while he was crossing the tracks near La Mothe-Saint-Héray station. The shock was very violent. It is about “a priori of a man but the victim is not identified”specifies the Niort public prosecutor's office. An examination of the body is planned at the Poitiers forensic institute.
The train then stopped 200m further on at the bridge, rue des Terres Blanches, according to emergency services. No injuries in the TER. “Our teams organize traveler care”explains the SNCF on the social network
Resumption of traffic postponed
Traffic between Poitiers and La Rochelle has been interrupted. The resumption, initially estimated around 11 a.m., is postponed around 12:30 p.m., “given the difficulties of access and the climatic conditions, the intervention of the various specialized teams is complicated”explains the railway company.
