A drama took place on Friday evening at the Relecq-Kerhuon station, a few kilometers from Brest.

While crossing the tracks, a 15-year-old boy was hit by a TGV in front of his mother, who was waiting for him on the other side.

The accident caused a great stir in this town in this town of 11,000 inhabitants.

According to the Brest prosecutor's office, the thesis of the accident is for the time being privileged.

According to witnesses, the young man would have crossed the tracks after getting off the TER which brought him back from his music class.

At this point, there is neither footbridge nor underpass.

To cross the tracks, the young man took a planked passage, according to the term of the SNCF.

Luminous pictograms placed directly on the tracks flash to signal the imminent passage of a train.

Has the teenager seen them?

A few seconds later, he was mowed down by a TGV which linked Paris and Brest.

Light infrastructures “are not always respected”

“We will have to understand what signage is in place, how travelers are warned when there is a train coming, etc.”, indicates the public prosecutor of Brest Camille Miansoni.

Monday evening, the driver of the TGV, "shocked", had not yet been heard.

According to the SNCF, the light infrastructures affixed to the ground "are not always respected by the customers".

The railway company wished to "join the pain of the family" of the young boy.

"The planked passages are infrastructures which by nature are the subject of particular attention, after that there are all over France", added the company.

The SNCF says it is carrying out prevention operations, particularly with young people, in order to alert them to the danger of these passages where trains that do not stop at the station pass at very high speed.

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