What was originally a snatching became a tragedy in the early evening of Thursday, February 23, on the platform of the station of Maisons-Alfort.
The thief who tried to steal a bag died hit by a TGV.
The victim and the alleged accomplice of the thief were taken into custody at the Maisons-Alfort police station.
Self-defense
According to our information, the victim was on the phone with his bag at his feet.
She is then approached by two individuals who try by trickery to steal her bag.
As a defensive measure, verbal and then physical exchanges take place with the two aggressors, one of whom receives a strike from the victim.
Unbalanced, he falls on the railway where at the same time, a train arrives without stopping and hits him, killing him instantly.
The Local Reception and Investigation Service went to the scene.
Traffic was interrupted on the lane concerned while the "
black box
" was retrieved.
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Three witnesses to the scene were heard on Thursday evening, whose versions all corroborate this version of the facts.
The TGV driver, also questioned, said that the emergency braking could not prevent him from hitting him,
Le Figaro
learned from a police source.
The person's body was transported to the Paris Forensic Institute for an autopsy for toxicological examinations and identification of the corpse.
