A minor incident occurred on Wednesday morning at the Avenay-Val-d'Or level crossing in the Marne, a year to the day after a collision between a train and a car that had killed four people, a have we learned from the driver of the vehicle and from the SNCF.
A tractor stuck a few inches from the track ...
At around 10 am, a wine tractor got stuck a few centimeters from the track with the barrier on the passenger compartment while the driver saw "a train arriving", explained the latter. "A train has passed. The barrier rose and then it suddenly lowered. I turned back," he testified, adding that he was going to testify on Wednesday with the gendarmerie brigade of Epernay. SNCF Grand Est confirmed the incident and indicated that a team had gone to the site to examine the installation. When contacted, the gendarmerie indicated that it did not have more information at this stage.
... a year after a tragedy that left 4 dead
This incident comes a year to the day after a collision between a regional train and a car that claimed the lives of four people, including three children. "For us, this is starting to do a lot," reacted to AFP Me Chemla, lawyer for two of the three families bereaved by the accident of July 15, 2019. "We have just alerted the public prosecutor of Reims on this new incident. This is an important element that must bounce the investigation. "
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In an interview with AFP on Monday, these families urged that the numerous testimonies pointing to the shortcomings of the crossing be taken into account. According to them, the gendarmes in charge of the investigation collected more than fifteen as well as a dozen reports of equipment malfunctions. According to the mother of the missing girl, another incident had already occurred on "Thursday July 9" at the same place, confirmed by the SNCF.