A teenager dies after being hit by a train in Pas-de-Calais

Around 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, August 30, a teenager died after being hit by a train on a level crossing in Pas-de-Calais, the prefecture announced in a press release. According to initial information, the victim was part of a group of four young people who crossed this level crossing located in the town of Roeux, near Arras. The 98 passengers on the train are “being picked up by buses chartered by the SNCF”, specifies the press release. The train in question, a TER, connected Lille to Amiens.

Gendarmes and emergency services were dispatched to the site of the tragedy, and a command post was set up to coordinate all operations, in the presence of François-Xavier Lauch, prefect of Pas-de-Calais. A medical-psychological emergency unit was activated at the village hall of the town of Roeux. Trains no longer run between Arras and Douai.

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