He did not survive. This Sunday evening a little before 7 p.m., a man in his fifties died trapped under a tram train in Nice. The facts occurred when it arrived at the Ferber station, on line 2 which connects the airport, to the west of the city, to the port, to the east, specified to 20 minutes a spokesperson for the municipality.
At 8:30 p.m., “the operations to free the victim [étaient] still in progress”, also specified the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes. Avenue de la Californie traffic is totally neutralized in both directions. A security perimeter has been set up.
A “shock” felt inside the train
The driver “felt a shock, as if he had hit something” and “walked to the rear of the train where he saw the victim at the level of the bellows”, it was also indicated. side of the municipality. Very shocked, the driver was taken care of by the rescuers.
Accident ? The exact circumstances of the death are not yet known. The CCTV footage will be made available to the police.