Four days after the accident on a construction site near the SNCF train station in Massy-Palaiseau (Essonne), searches aimed at finding the SNCF Réseau engineer who disappeared on Sunday afternoon have so far yielded nothing.
“This person is still currently wanted.
For the moment, the body has not been found ”
, declared the Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari on BFMTV on Wednesday July 28th.
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The politician specified that the victim, aged 55, had
"come in his free time to check the site led near the RER C and D because he was someone very committed, passionate
.
"
It was then that a
"landslide"
took place
"near a well".
“Unfortunately, this person was buried,”
continued the minister, who said he was
“very pessimistic”
while the tragedy now dates back almost 96 hours.
The investigating judge on the scene
On the day of the accident, firefighters specializing in reconnaissance and intervention in perilous environments (Grimp) carried out the initial research.
Meanwhile, train traffic has been suspended, in particular to
"secure the TGV tunnel which passes under the site"
and on which the South-West and Atlantic TGVs run, recalled Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
Traffic finally resumed at the very end of the day on Sunday.
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Two investigations were opened: one internal to the SNCF, the other judicial.
"Given the complexity of the places and the participants"
, the prosecutor of Évry Caroline Nisand decided to seize an investigating judge in order to shed light on the circumstances of the events of Sunday. The judicial information was opened
"for the purpose of researching the causes of the disappearance"
and the investigations are being carried out by the judicial police of Versailles.
The investigating judge now in charge of the case went to the scene of the accident on Tuesday alongside several experts.
"The next steps will consist in obtaining the reports of these experts on their findings, determining the reasons for the accident, checking whether or not breaches were committed and hearing a certain number of people,"
says Caroline Nisand to
Le Figaro
. The railway unions have for their part let it be known that they
"would closely follow the conclusions of the ongoing investigations"
.
