More than 200 people to simulate an accident in Côtes-d'Armor

A large-scale civil security exercise took place Monday evening at a place called Le Bourquet, in Lamballe-Armor (Côtes-d'Armor), reports

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More than 200 people were mobilized during the simulation of a serious accident between a truck and a TER wagon, which the SNCF had lent for the occasion.

Firefighters, Samu, Civil Protection, gendarmes… All have trained to react quickly and correctly if a disaster of this magnitude occurs one day.

"This exercise is in addition to others that we do regularly to learn to work together," explained an emergency doctor from Samu 22 to

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Specific equipment deployed

To make the fake accident more believable, 21 people were recruited to play the victims.

Specific equipment has also been deployed, such as spotlights, a "sheltering tent for the victims" or a "lorry kit" (a metal structure allowing a stretcher to be rolled on the rails ).

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• Saint Brieuc

• Brittany

• Road accident

• Train

• Firefighters