There are no injuries on the train. The passengers, shocked, were supported, said SNCF.
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
Three People, “possibly of migrants”, died collide with a train at 5 am near the station of Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), informed the floor of Bayonne on 12 October in the early morning, confirming information France Bleu .
A fourth person was seriously wounded, said the prosecutor. This is a man aged 28, as he said in relief. It has been severely affected the lower limbs and abdomen and suffered a fractured pelvis. Supported by a team of Samu there, he had been the first object of care from police, who had stopped the bleeding. It has since been transported to hospital in Bayonne and his prognosis is engaged.
On the train, there were no injuries. The passengers, shocked, were supported, added the SNCF. Spot investigation is being conducted by the police station in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Bayonne police.
Lying on the tracks
According to the prosecutor and SNCF, four people were on the tracks when the train passed, a TER rolling from Hendaye north. The three deceased are major but their identity has not been determined, said the prosecutor. According to a spokesman for the police quoted by Reuters, two of them were of Algerian nationality.
“These are actually migrants,” said Marie Surzur, responsible for communication Ciboure, city where the tragedy occurred just south of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. “At first, they were lying” on the track, she added, citing relief – information that was not confirmed SNCF. “Traffic was interrupted for a time but traffic gradually resumed from 8 am and 15 trains run very slowly in the area where the accident took place,” said a spokesman for SNCF.
Spain is one of the main gateways into Europe for migrants, with 16,586 irregular entries in the first seven months of the year, almost 50% more than the same period of last year, according to figures released in August by the Spanish Interior Ministry.
The Basque Country is one of the important crossings, regular theater dramas, as in August, the death of a migrant who was trying to cross the border Bidasoa river to go to France. In late May, a young man from Ivory Coast had also been found dead after attempting to cross the river to Hendaye on the French side.