A regional express train (TER) struck four migrants who were traveling on the tracks Thursday evening November 4 in Calais (Pas-de-Calais).

The accident left one dead, one injured in "absolute urgency" and two minor injuries, we learned from the Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor's office.

The accident took place around 6:35 p.m. on the railway line connecting Dunkirk to Calais, in the Dunkirk-Calais direction, the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor, Guirec Le Bras, told AFP.

Eritrean migrants

"Four migrants were hit. One person has died, one is in absolute emergency and has been taken to hospital, and the other two are injured but with no life-threatening prognosis," he said.

According to the vice-president of the Hauts-de-France region in charge of transport, Franck Dhersin, the four victims are Eritreans.

Accident in Beau Marais with a TER, there are 4 Eritreans 1 dead 1 in absolute emergency 2 minor injuries.

A thought for the victims but also for the train driver.

@hautsdefrance

- Franck Dhersin (@FDhersin) November 4, 2021

According to the first elements of the investigation communicated to the prosecution, "this railway line would be a (...) regular passage route for migrants", who use it "to go to camps or elsewhere".

According to the prosecutor, 17 people were in the TER but "none were injured".

The prosecution has opened an investigation for manslaughter.

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The accident took place in a residential area located not far from the hospital center.

This subdivision is also located near a migrant camp.

SNCF announced for its part that traffic would remain interrupted on the TER Calais-Dunkirk axis until early morning Friday.

With AFP and Reuters

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