A man dies on the sidelines of a control in a metro station in Marseille

A forty-year-old man died this Wednesday at the end of the afternoon on the sidelines of a control in the Joliette metro station in Marseille, learned

from the marine firefighters of the Marseille city and the RTM, confirming information from

and France 3.

“Around 5:10 pm, our operators were carrying out a check at Joliette station when a man coming out of the metro refused to submit to a check, says

Hervé Beccaria, director general of the RTM

, to 

.

The man was virulent towards our agents and punched a controller.

The officers detained him while awaiting the arrival of the police.

When the police arrived, his condition deteriorated, necessitating the call of the marine firefighters.

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According to the firefighters, when they arrived on site around 7 p.m., the forty-something, on land, had died, despite first aid.

Traffic was stopped and an investigation was opened.

“CCTV images are being used,” says Hervé Beccaria.

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