Terrible collision Sunday afternoon on the railway crossing the town of Beaulieu-sur-Oudon (Mayenne), southwest of Laval. Around 5 p.m., a pedestrian who was on the tracks was mowed down by a TGV train. The victim could not be brought back to life despite the intervention of the emergency services. A police investigation has been opened. She will have to determine if it was an accident or a suicide.
The tragedy had significant consequences on rail traffic since the TGV involved remained blocked on the Mayenne track to allow the work of the emergency services and then the investigators, reports West France. It joined Paris to Saint-Malo and transported a thousand passengers. SNCF traffic remained paralyzed for several hours on this axis.