A dramatic accident occurred this Thursday at the end of the day at Maule station.
A 15-year-old boy living in Voisins-le-Bretonneux lost his life after being struck by a freight train shortly after 5 p.m.
Traffic on line N between Mantes-la-Jolie and Paris-Montparnasse was immediately suspended.
The trainsets which were in service were immobilized upstream during the emergency response.
But also for the needs of the investigation.
Numerous rescue teams deployed
At Maule station, a security device was put in place by the gendarmerie to prevent access to the platforms.
Nearly twenty firefighters and medical teams from the Samu des Yvelines went to the scene of the tragedy.
“It's horrible, breaths Laurent Richard (LR), the mayor, who went there.
The train hung on the backpack of the teenager who was crossing the tracks ”.
The convoy was traveling towards Paris.
The operator of the machine was taken care of by the doctors.
In shock, he received psychological support.
According to the first elements of the investigation, imprudence is at the origin of the tragedy.
The teenager, a student at the professional high school Le Buat de Maule, would have crossed the passage connecting the quays when the light was red for pedestrians.
The train was arriving at the same time.
An underground project
"The place where the tragedy took place is a passage to go from one quay to another," says the mayor.
In order to avoid any risk of accident, an underground passage project is planned.
This equipment should be completed soon ”.
SNCF traffic returned to normal gradually from 8 p.m.
The last fatal accident in the Yvelines was in October 2018. The vehicle of a septuagenarian had been struck by a train at the Hardricourt level crossing.
In December 2016, a 16-year-old girl lost her life in Nézel while taking the protected passage.
Eyes on her phone, she hadn't heard the train coming.
