Victim of “land subsidence during a tour of the site”, the man was a frame and operating pilot at the management of the network’s modernization.
Le Monde with AFP
The accident had caused a sharp emotion from the unions of the National Society of French Railways (SNCF) and blocked trafficking for several hours between Paris and the Southwest. The investigations on the death of an SNCF engineer, buried on July 25 by the landslide of a drilling well near the roads on the site of a bridge near Massy Palaiseau Train Station (Essonne), were Requalified by justice on Thursday 21 October.
The instruction, which was initially opened for “research of the causes of death”, was requalified, on 30 August, in investigation for “unintentional homicide against X” and for “delicit offenses to labor law “, announced the parquet of Evry (Essonne).
” Dangerousness of the rail sector “
This requalification was motivated by the first returns of expertise, said a judicial source. In the aftermath of “land subsidence during a tour of the site” which caused the death of the engineer, the SNCF unions had all expressed their “emotion” and alerted “the dangerousness of the rail sector” .
“The security of staff and circulations must remain a top priority. This goes through a public control of the network, with trained personnel and applying strict security rules,” recalled the CGT-Cheminots, which had promised “To make every effort for light to be done on the circumstances” of the drama “
The unsa-rail was “required that lessons learned” of the accident and fo-railway had warned that it “follow” closely the conclusions of the ongoing investigations “as well as” Measurements that should be taken “to” avoid such dramas “.
Contact by the France-Presse Agency, the SNCF management refused to comment on this case on the ground that the procedure is in progress.
The victim was a framework and operating pilot at the management of the network’s modernization. The Group President and CEO, Jean-Pierre Farandou, had expressed his “live emotion” and presented his condolences “on behalf of the company”. This deadly accident led to the interruption of TGV traffic on Sunday at the end of the afternoon, the day of the drama, between the Paris-Montparnasse station and the Southwest. Traffic had returned to normal only on Monday morning.