It is a dramatic accident reported by our colleagues from France Info this Saturday, April 22, 2023. A 45-year-old woman lost her life, “snatched up” by a metro train.
The facts took place at the Bel Air station on Saturday April 22 on line 6 of the Paris metro. In the middle of the afternoon, around 4 p.m., a woman got up hastily to leave the car, while the alarm sounded. Her jacket got stuck between the doors. The metro restarted and picked up speed to leave the station. According to information provided by the RATP to our colleagues at France Info following this tragic accident in the subway, “part of his body” was caught under the oar. The alarm signal was finally sounded, and the train stopped. When the firefighters arrived on the scene, they could only certify his death 20 minutes after the accident.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the police station of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. A screening test for drug or alcohol use was carried out on the driver of the train, which proved to be negative. This one, very shocked, was immediately taken care of. You should know that train and metro drivers have the duty to stay with the victims and bring them help as much as possible. An often traumatic act because of the violence of the scenes they face. The RATP also clarified that “the victim support unit was immediately activated“The driver, like the other passengers on board the train, or on the platform and who witnessed the tragedy, can thus benefit from psychological support. And it is necessary.
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The driver of the train very shocked
THE Serious passenger accidents are relatively rare, but still too many in the Paris metro. It is difficult to have precise figures and to differentiate between accidental falls and suicide attempts, or malicious acts. For the driver of the train, the shock is still present even years later. In survey published by 20 Minutes, drivers had spoken about their traumas. Some mentioned their state of amazement at the time of the accident, then for many, the descent into hell to try to leave the drama behind them, and resume a professional activity. For several years, a emergency procedure has been put in place within RAPT and SNCF to protect their employees. It is done in several stages:
- A supervisor is sent to the accident site and stays with the employee.
- He accompanies him to make a mandatory statement to the police.
- He comes with him to take a blood alcohol and drug test.
- He helps her file a work accident report.
- He leaves it in the hands of a sworn psychologist.
Despite this procedure, some drivers cannot return to work before several months, or even not at all in the most serious cases.