Orne: three died in a collision between a TER and a car at a level crossing – TF1

A collision Friday night between a regional train (TER) and a car at a level crossing in Condé-sur-Huisne in the Orne a three dead among those on board the car, do we learned from the ongoing sub-prefect.

The accident occurred at 8:22 p.m. on the line Paris-Le Mans, has “three dead people on board the car, it seems, would have stopped in the middle of the road” before being hit by the TER coming toward Paris, told AFP Pascal Vion, sub-prefect of Argentan. A fourth person, a “woman of a certain age” who was in the car, “apparently would exit” and shocked, was supported psychologically, he said. The car, a passenger car, “was dragged for several hundred meters and burned”, for their part said firefighters in the department.

An important backup device

The accident s’ occurred near the station of Condé-sur-Huisne, the crossing 49, detailed Pascal Vion. None of the 34 passengers of the local train, which connected Paris to Le Mans, was injured. They have initially been gathered in a hall of Condé-sur-Huisne, where psychological support system has been proposed. They then, in the evening, returned to Chartres or Paris in buses chartered by the train , said Pascal Vion.

An important emergency device was deployed to the scene of the collision, including 25 firefighters from the county fire and rescue service and twenty gendarmes. The track was still blocked late Friday evening and the priority was to identify the vehicle, said the deputy prefect of permanence, adding that the prosecutor of Alencon was also expected on the scene.