This Wednesday morning, a collision occurred between a car and a train in Lépanges-sur-Vologne, in the Vosges. Although the TER passengers were not injured, the 73-year-old driver died. According to the first elements of the investigation, the barriers at the level crossing were closed.
It was a terrible tragedy which occurred early in the morning in the Vosges. This Wednesday, a 73-year-old motorist, from La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges, died after a collision between her vehicle and a TER, in Lépanges-sur-Vologne. According to the prefecture, none of the 19 passengers were injured. The accident took place around 7 a.m., on a level crossing on the Epinal-Saint-Dié-des-Vosges line.
A 73-year-old motorist dies in a collision with a TER in Lépanges-sur-Vologne.https://t.co/nmNBDuSWhC
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According to the first elements of the investigation, the car was positioned on the rails while the barriers were closed. According to Vosges Matin, she was hit from the right, then thrown to the side, before turning around and landing on a lamp post. Further investigation will need to determine the circumstances that led the vehicle to be parked at this location.
The 19 passengers on the train “were taken to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges by a bus made available by the SNCF,” said the prefecture. None of them was injured despite the violence of the impact. Likewise, rail traffic is interrupted until further notice and replacement buses have been put in place between Épinal and Saint-Dié, it was added.
The departmental road where this accident took place was closed by the police, but traffic should return to normal around noon.