A collision between two trams in Strasbourg left at least 36 injured, according to a new report from the Minister of Transport

For the moment, the circumstances of this accident, which took place Saturday afternoon at the city’s station stop, are still unclear.

Two trams collided in the tunnel leading to the stop serving Strasbourg station (Bas-Rhin), Saturday January 11 in the afternoon, announced the department prefecture. The accident causedat least 36 injured, according to a new report communicated Saturday evening by the Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, who specified that the accident did not cause any deaths and that none of the injured was in absolute emergency.

A little earlier, the director of the Bas-Rhin fire and rescue services, René Cellier, had announced a “fifty” of injuries in relative urgency, evoking in particular “scalp sores”a few “clavicle fractures” or even “a sprained knee.” During a press briefing, the mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian, explained that a “choc frontal” happened “following a reversing of a tram”. “Today, we do not know what caused this backward movement of the tram”she continued.

The two tram drivers were not “physically injured”, but are “extremely shocked”according to the general director of the city’s transport company, CTS, Emmanuel Auneau. An investigation into involuntary injuries was opened and the investigations were entrusted to the Strasbourg police station, announced the deputy public prosecutor of Strasbourg. “The first investigations made it possible to rule out the hypothesis of a voluntary act”he said in a press release.

The Bas-Rhin fire and rescue service adds on “many ways” firefighters are on site. To facilitate access for emergency services, it is advisable to avoid the areas around Place des Halles, the train station and Boulevard du Président Wilson. From“significant disruptions” touch tram lines, according to the CTS.