Train driver jumps from moving train, lines blocked in France

In France an unusual news story has marked the country in these hours of Christmas holidays, causing at the same time quite a few disruptions on the railway network. And high speed train (TGV) driver yes it is committed suicide jumping from the moving train on Christmas Eve. His desperate act had repercussions for thousands of travelers on the line in south-eastern France, putting traffic at a standstill delays between 3 and 5 hours. All the media across the Alps report it at the beginning.

The man “killed himself while the train was moving”, the leaders of the SNCF railway company said in a press release. “As soon as he left his driving position, the train’s automatic stopping devices were activated and the train stopped automatically,” they pointed out. “The safety of the train passengers was never threatened, as was the safety of the traffic, as the traffic management center was immediately alerted automatically,” the railway company said.

The prosecutor’s office of Melun (Seine et Marne) was the first to mention a possible suicide, specifying that “the first investigations seem to lead to the idea of ​​a suicidal act” by the driver of a TGV train after the discovery of a lifeless body. “The automatic railway safety procedures ensured the stop of the train,” the same source specified. According to police, the driver’s lifeless body was discovered shortly after. The accident occurred in the south of the Seine et Marne region, in the municipality of Crisenoy.

Another judicial investigation was opened to investigate the causes of death and entrusted to the Melun gendarmerie. The Sncf, which spoke of a “terrible tragedy” which has thrown the entire family of railway workers into “mourning” on this Christmas day. According to a company spokesperson, this is the first time “in memory” that such an incident has occurred.