lundi 18 août 2014

High Speed Train Struck trying to retrieve a bag on the way

Passenger died in an accident on Sunday in the season-le-Château Salses (Pyrénées-Orientales), hit by a bullet train while trying to get a bag fell on the road, Monday gendarmerie.

"Heavy suitcase pulled under the train, and also won the" company commander told AFP, police Rivesaltes, Captain Alban Mornet.

A young man, aged 22, was due back in Toulouse with his friend of twenty years after their holiday in the seaside resort of Cyprien near Perpignan. Today, as in the area of family members that have been deposited back on the road to Toulouse, the car is not big enough for all the preliminary research results.

The two young men wanted their luggage dock on the other side of the tracks, while the station, retrieve their tickets bought online. They borrowed a crosswalk for this purpose, but they have been since the warning lights - Red Star "Stop" written on the inside - was activated to signal the arrival of the train, said Captain Mornet. "When the red lights are on, it is important not to cross," he said.

Head TGV Paris-Perpignan - Message Passing voice said - I saw two young men on the street and honked, preliminary research results.

"The girl dropped the suitcase and in the back of a young man, he thought it was time to get the luggage, but I do not fully behind the dock. Bolsa pulled under the train, and he won," said Captain Mornet.

He said: ". The train 140 kmh or 38 meters per second"

A spokesman for the SNCF Languedoc-Roussillon said: "The zebra strips - common small stations - it was not dangerous and there was an accident in the last five years."

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