Traffic was stopped on the evening of Friday 9 August on the rail network south-east of Toulouse on the Marseille-Bordeaux line. A 68-year-old woman was hit by a train on the tracks in Escalquens. The emergency services transported her to a hospital in Toulouse as an absolute emergency.
An accident occurred on Friday evening in Escalquens, south-east of Toulouse, on the rail network. A regional express train hit a woman on the tracks near the village station. Firefighters were called around 7:46 p.m.
When they arrived, the victim was in cardiorespiratory arrest. The emergency services put resuscitation measures on him. Traffic was disrupted in both directions between Marseille and Bordeaux.
2,000 people, TER passengers and those of three intercity trains, were stuck on this line on this holiday departure day. The train in question was between Toulouse and Castelnaudary. The other trains remained stuck in the station.
Traffic will resume in the next few minutes. The 68-year-old victim was treated at the scene before being rushed to a hospital in Toulouse.