UPDATE AT 7:45 p.m. An accident occurred on the railway near Salses-le-Château this Tuesday, November 19, 2024, leading to the temporary interruption of train traffic between Narbonne and Perpignan. This resumed shortly before 6 p.m.
Rail traffic between Narbonne and Perpignan was paralyzed for part of the afternoon this Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Around 4 p.m., not at the station but near a track in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, an accident occurred. is produced.
According to initial information, a person who was probably walking was hit by a TGV in the Rivesaltes and Salses-le-Château sector. The victim is a young woman of 35 years old whose leg was very seriously injured. She was treated then evacuated to the Perpignan hospital center. The train driver was shocked. The 350 passengers it was carrying escaped unhurt following the collision.
On site, around fifteen firefighters, the Samu but also a traffic manager from the SNCF were mobilized.
An investigation has been opened and is being carried out by the Rivesaltes gendarmerie brigade. The accidental track would be preferred. Hearings must still take place in order to shed light on the exact circumstances of this incident.
According to SNCF, around 5:50 p.m. rail traffic gradually resumed and only recorded “residual delays.”
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