Rail transport was disrupted Wednesday morning in Brittany by bad weather and storms, and a man was electrocuted in Côtes-d'Armor and hospitalized, we learned from SNCF and Codis.
Two incidents took place Wednesday morning, the first on the Rennes-Quimper line and the second on the Rennes-Brest line, according to the regional communication service of the SNCF.
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Between Lorient and Auray (Morbihan), "
a power supply failure generated an absence of traffic in this area
" and "
travelers were taken care of
" by coaches or taxis.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, a branch blocking a traffic sign disrupted traffic.
The situation will soon be restored
In both cases, "
the situation is on the way to be reestablished and the return to normal is expected in the late morning
", according to the same source.
In addition, a worker was struck by lightning in Vildé-Guingalan and transported in absolute urgency to the hospital in Dinan.
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The Côtes-d'Armor firefighters told AFP that they had received about sixty calls related to bad weather. Many calls report flooded cellars, mainly to the east of the department (Saint-Brieuc and Loudéac sector).
