Europe 1 with AFP 5:40 p.m., November 12, 2022

Present on a railway line with a scooter, a young girl died this Saturday after being hit by a TGV in the Var.

The victim died instantly.

The reason for his presence on the railway line is still to be determined according to the firefighters.

A young girl with a scooter who was on a railway track died this Saturday after being hit by a TGV at Cannet-des-Maures, in the Var, said the firefighters of this department.

The circulation of trains on this axis located between Toulon and Nice, in the south of France, has been interrupted in both directions, said the firefighters and the SNCF.

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"For a reason to be determined, a young girl with a scooter was hit by a TGV (direction Toulon Nice) on the railway", indicated the firefighters.

"She died instantly," a spokeswoman told AFP.