With his legs severed, a man dies after being hit by an RER this Tuesday

This Tuesday, November 5, a man died, struck by an RER in Paris. According to our colleagues at Parisianit was in the evening, on the RER A platforms, that the incident took place.

According to daily information, a man saw both his legs severed by a passing train. The individual was transported in a coma to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital (13th arrondissement of Paris) while his vital prognosis was in jeopardy.

The origin of the fall still unknown

Unfortunately, the victim died before arriving at the establishment, around 1 a.m. According to a police source, cited by the Parisianthe man was “defecating” at the head of the train when he was thrown off balance until he fell onto the rails. The RATP indicates for its part that the man voluntarily went down on the tracks.

RER A traffic was interrupted in both directions between Vincennes and Auber stations from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Traffic on line 1 was reinforced at the same time to cope with the influx of new travelers.