A TER accidentally collided with four migrants who were traveling on the tracks Thursday, November 4 in the evening in Calais, causing one death, one injured in "
absolute urgency
" and two minor injuries, AFP learned from the Boulogne-sur- prosecutor's office. Sea.
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The accident took place around 6:35 p.m. on the railway line connecting Dunkirk to Calais, in the Dunkirk-Calais direction, the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor, Guirec Le Bras, told AFP.
“
Four migrants were hit.
One person has died, one is in an absolute emergency and has been taken to hospital, and the other two are injured but without a life-threatening prognosis
, ”he said.
The investigation has not at this stage made it possible to determine the age or identity of the deceased migrant and of the seriously injured, but "
a priori
", the two slightly injured "
would be of Eritrean nationality
", he said. added.
"
Regular passage of migrants
"
According to the first elements communicated to the prosecution, "
this railway line would be a (...) regular passage route for migrants
", who use it "
to get to camps or elsewhere
".
Seventeen people were in the TER but "
none was injured
", according to the prosecutor.
The prosecution has opened an investigation for manslaughter.
Around 8:00 p.m., the emergency services had left the scene and the SNCF teams were still present at the scene of the accident, in a residential area located not far from the hospital center, noted an AFP correspondent.
This subdivision is also located near a migrant camp.
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