a girl dies after being hit by a TGV

A young girl died Sunday at 17h at the train station in Coursan, Aude, after being hit by a TGV as she crossed the tracks with a stroller, said the gendarmerie.

It n did not hear the TGV. According to the first elements of the investigation, the girl who was on a pedestrian path, allowing to cross the railway tracks, did not hear the TGV arrive, including the horn operated by the driver, nor saw the warning signs installed in the station. According to The Independent the young woman crossed the tracks in order to leave the station. As the wharf is opposite the entrance, travelers are obliged to take the pedestrian path provided for this purpose to get out of the station, is it specified.

The miraculous infant The girl was thrown by the train but the stroller was not touched, so the child inside was not injured, the police said.

Open investigation. The girl was to be helicoptered to a hospital in the area. But she died despite the efforts of the rescuers, said the firefighters. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of this accident, said the gendarmerie. According to the local newspaper, the girl was 16 years old.