They were traveling on foot in an SNCF marshalling yard, in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique) near the port, when the accident took place. Two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were transported in serious condition to the Nantes University Hospital after being electrified on Tuesday afternoon, firefighters report.
According to the first elements, the two victims had ventured with three of their friends on this site prohibited to the public, and would have climbed on the roof of a wagon. About twenty firefighters intervened on this operation, which started around 3 p.m. The rest of the gang was taken to Saint-Nazaire hospital.