Terrible accident this Tuesday morning in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. According to SNCF Nouvelle-Aquitaine contacted by 20 minutes, around 5:30 am, a TER struck a group of four people on the line between Hendaye and Bayonne, south of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Three people died, another was evacuated and taken to a nearby hospital. According to police sources, they are migrants, including two Algerians.
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A person was struck by the # TER866460 #Hendaye ➡ #Bordeaux before #Saint Jean de Luz. Traffic #Hendaye ↔ #Bayon is suspended until further notice.
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Jordi pic.twitter.com/Y4ZHkccqZv– TER NVELLE-AQUITAINE 🎀 (@TERNouvelleAQ) October 12, 2021
The three deceased people are adults but their identity has not yet been determined, continues the prosecution, which specifies that an investigation of flagrance is underway, carried out by the police station of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the judicial police of Bayonne. .
“The police, the emergency services, the funeral directors went on the spot, indicates the SNCF. The police authorized the resumption of traffic around 7:30 am on a single lane, it is a very gradual resumption of traffic for the moment. “