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Editorial Strasbourg
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Jan 12, 2025 at 2:40 p.m.
The collision of two trams Saturday in a tunnel under Strasbourg station, an extremely rare accident caused 68 injuredaccording to a final assessment communicated on Sunday by the authorities.
Injuries in relative emergency
The accident left 68 injured. in relative urgency“, indicated the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department of which Strasbourg is the capital.
A Hundreds of people escaped unharmed of this collision.
@lorraine.actu Two trams collided on Saturday January 11, 2025 around 3 p.m. near Strasbourg station, causing at least 50 injuries. Here’s what we know so far. The firefighters’ provisional report shows 100 people involved, including 50 people in relative emergency, that is to say slightly injured. Around 6 p.m. this Saturday, around twenty victims had already been transported to hospital. Collarbone fracture, sprain, scalp wound: these are the types of injuries noted so far. Still around 6 p.m. this Saturday, firefighters continued to treat victims under the station’s glass roof. The results may therefore change in the evening. At the end of the day, Patrick Maciejewski, the president of the CTS, gave details on the circumstances of the accident: “There was a demonstration in the Iron Man sector, so it was necessary to reorganize and put on hold a certain number of trains. There was a traffic jam and a train found itself stuck in the middle of a hopper. It seems that this same oar has started to move backward, [sans que l’on sache pourquoi pour le moment, et a percuté une autre rame]. » “The two drivers are not physically injured but they are extremely shocked. They were very quickly taken care of by the emergency services and the CTS teams,” adds Emmanuel Auneau, the general director of the CTS. “The shock was brutal. I am delighted that there are no deaths and, at this stage, no absolute emergency,” reacted Jeanne Barseghian, mayor of Strasbourg. “We are in solidarity with the victims who were very quickly taken care of. Thank you to all the police and firefighters who intervened very quickly to reassure people,” declared Pia Imbs, the president of the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg. A video from a witness on social networks shows a chaotic scene with two trams seriously damaged in the tunnel, at the station. One of the trams appears to have derailed due to the impact. Strasbourg was the first major French city to put a tram network back into service, starting in 1994. There had not been a major accident since. #accident #Strasbourg #tram #police #firefighters #fyp
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The circumstances of the accident still unclear
According to the first elements of the investigation, one of the trams went down a slope in reverse, hitting another train which was stationary.
The tram, which had to stop before the next station due to a traffic jam on the tracks, went backwards for a still unknown reason and rolled down the slope leading to the station.
An open investigation, the hypothesis of a voluntary act ruled out
The prosecution announced that it had opened a investigation of the charge of involuntary injuries, which aims to “ determine the causes of the accident and highlight possible criminal responsibilities« .
The hypothesis of a voluntary act is ruled out.
CTS: traffic disrupted
Tram traffic at the station was interrupted and will not resume for several days, indicated the Compagnie des transports strasbourgeois (CTS).
Strasbourg, pioneer of the tram
Strasbourg is one of the first large French cities to have put a tram network back into servicein 1994 and had already experienced an accident, in exactly the same place, at the end of October 1998.
A tram had already collided with another in the tunnel under the station, an accident due to excessive speed of one of the two trains which left 17 injured.
With AFP
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