This Sunday morning, a man of indeterminate age died hit by a freight train in Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais, we learned from the prefecture and the firefighters.
The emergency services "were called at 6:02 a.m. for a male pedestrian, of undetermined age, hit by a freight train at chemin Castre", south-east of Calais, said the Pas-de-Calais firefighters .
"The shock was very violent" and the man died despite the intervention of the emergency services.
“Probably” a migrant according to the prefecture
When questioned, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture confirmed this death, specifying that it was “probably” a migrant and that an investigation was underway to determine the causes of his death.
A 25-year-old Sudanese migrant had already died on March 1 after being hit by a train as he walked along a railway track in Marck, a town neighboring Calais.
On November 4, a similar accident occurred a few hundred meters away.
A train had hit a group of four migrants traveling on the tracks between Dunkirk and Calais, causing one death, one serious injury and two minor injuries.
Other tragedies involving migrants have taken place, particularly during attempts to cross the Channel and the North Sea in makeshift boats or overloaded canoes.
In 2021, 31 people died and 4 went missing trying to reach Britain by sea.
A TER hits a group of migrants in Calais, one dead and three injured
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