The driver of a TGV died on Tuesday April 7 within the collision between his practice and a heavy items automobile between Béthune and Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, an accident which additionally left 27 injured, AFP realized from the prefecture and the SNCF.
The accident occurred round 7 a.m. at a stage crossing, in accordance with SNCF.
The Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, introduced on X that he was going to the location with Jean Castex, the CEO of SNCF.
Neither the SNCF nor the prefecture have been capable of instantly specify the circumstances of the accident.
The SNCF specified that rail visitors can be interrupted between Béthune and Lens not less than till Tuesday night.
With AFP
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