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Marseille: standing between two trains, a young man kills himself in the metro

2022-04-01T18:48:31.186Z


The victim was found "lifeless on the track, Thursday around 9:15 a.m., at La Blancarde station", in the center-east of Marseille, the metropolitan transport authority said in a press release.


A young man was killed Thursday March 31 in the Marseille metro, after falling on the tracks from the hitch between two cars of a train, a practice called "

train surfing

", announced Friday the metropolitan transport authority .

The victim was found "

lifeless on the track, Thursday around 9:15 a.m., at the La Blancarde station

", in the center-east of Marseille, the RTM said in a press release.

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"

It would seem that the young man traveled between Timone and Blancarde stations

", neighbors on line 1 of the Marseille metro, "

not inside the train but perched on a hitch, the attachment system between the cars of the same train

, "explains the Marseille metro authority, which will make video recordings available to investigators to confirm the circumstances of the accident.

The metropolitan transport authority recalls in its press release the strict prohibition of this practice "

particularly dangerous, just like that consisting of climbing on the roof of trains in circulation

".

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"

Displays in all stations and in the trains as well as markings on the ground draw attention to the risk of such practices in order to dissuade all those who would like to move other than inside the train

", indicates the RTM.

It ensures that “

the new Marseille metro (NEOMMA project) will limit the risk of these dangerous practices

” thanks to “

the installation of platform doors and trains in one piece

”.

France has already experienced a few accidents related to “

train-surfing

”.

This practice, which came from Russia, consists of running on the roofs of running commuter trains and filming yourself to post the video on social networks.

Source: lefigaro

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