Passengers found an unknown liquid on a French train on Sunday. A railway agent confiscated the liquid and tasted it. A few minutes later he was dead. French media write that.
A French railway agent died on Sunday after tasting an unknown, suspicious liquid. BFMTV and RTL write that. Some passengers had called the officers to Saint-Étienne station in the late afternoon when they found a bag of cans. It contained a suspicious liquid.
One of the officers decided to taste the liquid and took a large gulp. Another colleague sipped from the cans. Fifteen minutes later, the first officer began to have nausea and convulsions.
The emergency services arrived at the scene and later had to resuscitate him, but that was no longer possible. His colleague did not appear to be experiencing any problems, but was nevertheless taken to hospital as a precaution.
The liquid in question is currently still under investigation. The public prosecutor’s office has also opened an investigation to determine whether the man’s death can be linked to the liquid.