The collision left three people injured “urgence relative”according to the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis).
An RER D train collided with a construction machine this Monday, October 21 near Fontenay-le-Vicomte (Essonne), we learned from France info.
The RER D train, heading towards Paris, collided with a construction machine at level crossing number 23 at Fontenay-le-Vicomte, around 11 a.m. this Monday, October 21. Two of the 125 passengers who were on the train as well as a worker were injured and are in “relative emergency”. Traffic was stopped in both directions on the RER D.
Interrupted traffic
The machine hit on the east track a remote-controlled gondola from the municipal domainin operation for the treatment of vegetation. Luckily, “the driver of the basket, who does not belong to the SNCF, was able to escape in time”specified the SNCF in a press release. “The priority was customer care. A team of eight SNCF agents went to the site“continued the French railway company, which specified that the passengers were taken to a school made available by the town hall.
Replacement buses have been ordered so that travelers can continue their journey. Waiting for, “SNCF network teams are hard at work to free the train. The resumption of traffic is estimated around 6 p.m., she announced at the same time.
Treated on site, the travelers and the worker injured in the incident were not hospitalized.
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