The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon on the Croisette in Cannes. - SYSPEO / SIPA

An 18-month-old baby, originally from the Paris region, died Tuesday overturned by the little tourist train in Cannes, we learned from the town hall and the firefighters, confirming information from Nice-Matin . According to the town hall, the little train, operated by a private company approved by the municipality, was running at walking pace when the child found himself between the locomotive and the first car of the train without anyone seeing it.

The accident happened on the Croisette before 4 p.m. Municipal lifeguards quickly intervened, then the firefighters, but their efforts to revive the boy, already in cardio-respiratory arrest on their arrival, were unsuccessful. Four people, in shock after the tragedy, were taken to hospital, including the mother of the child. An investigation was opened by police.

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