Hit by a train in Sainte-Bazeille, a teenager evacuated between life and death

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It was 11:15 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024 when the police were alerted to a personal accident in Saint-Bazeille (Lot-et-Garonne). According to initial information, it would be of a 15 year old boy from Bazeilwho was walking on the tracks at a late hour.

A gendarmerie investigation is underway to shed light on this event.

Young man airlifted to Bordeaux

It seems, for the moment, that the teenager was surprised at the last moment by the arrival of the Intercités going from Marseille to Bordeaux. The train driver is said to have activated the horn and the victim tried at the last moment to move away. In vain.

The young boy was helicoptered by emergency services to the Pellegrin University Hospital in Bordeaux. He was then between life and death..

On the tracks, it was the last train of this Monday. This collision therefore did not cause any delay except that of this Intercités. Approximately 120 travelers were stopped for about an hour while the victim was evacuated.

Accidents continue to occur in Sainte-Bazeille

This is a new dramatic case that is occurring within the commune and more precisely on the railway tracks. In Sainte-Bazeille, a person died in November 2023, grabbed by train; then two more in March and April 2024.

On August 13, there was a collision between a motorist and a TER which almost cost the life of a fifty-year-old.

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