<- Hard dé e: 0.0206458568573 sec -> Fourteen months after the derailment of a train Paris-Limoges which killed seven people and wounded dozens in Bretigny-sur-Orge (Essonne), Réseau Ferré de France ( RFF) was indicted Tuesday in the wake of his appearance before the judges in Evry charge of the investigation.
RFF was set. investigation for “involuntary homicide” as a legal entity. Under the terms of the invitation sent by the judges, his boss, Jacques Rapoport is not personally implicated. Thursday, it should be the same for Guillaume Pepy, on behalf of SNCF.
According to Jacques Rapoport, step, “obviously painful” but “important and logical”, will have to RFF “Access to the file” to “better understand what happened.” “In all major accidents, the company is under investigation, it is a classic step in the procedure,” says he.
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Victims’ associations denounced “a deficit of maintenance”
Once indicted, RFF and SNCF will include access to the famous report of forensic experts, who had severely challenged the maintenance rules. The experts concluded that the shift from a splint was causing the derailment of the train. On 12 July 2013, this kind of metal clip connecting two rails had gone to stay at the switch at the train Intercity No. 3657.
Anticipating the indictments, the main association of victims expressed regret that the qualification of “endangering the lives of others” is not accepted. “For us, it’s not a mistake, it’s a lack of maintenance that caused the derailment. We will see how they will explain, “said Thierry Gomes, president of the association” Mutual aid and defense of victims of the disaster Bretigny, “who lost his parents in the accident.
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The challenge now is whether RFF and SNCF will claim against opinion. “If they ask for it, it starts from zero and this could extend the trial of 18 months,” said Stephane Gicquel, president of the Fenvac, the National Federation of the victims of bombings and mass accidents.
Since the tragedy, the two companies, which will be collected in January in a public group, play the card of transparency and ensure placing railway safety as their top priorities.
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