The barriers “were lowered and intact at the time of impact”: a man dies behind the wheel of his car hit by a train

Drama in Hauts-de-France. A man died this Friday, late in the afternoon, in the commune of Estrées-Saint-Denis located in Oise. The man, who was driving his car, was hit by a train on a level crossing, indicates France 3.

An open investigation

The accident occurred late Friday afternoon. The victim, a 30-year-old man, was declared dead on the spot, our colleagues specify.

According to the first elements communicated by the public prosecutor of Compiègne, the barriers of the level crossing “were lowered and intact at the time of impact, which tended to demonstrate that the vehicle had avoided them to enter the railway track”.

Disruptions to rail traffic were recorded. “Traffic is interrupted in both directions on the Amiens-Compiègne axis by an obstacle on the track at Estrées-St-Denis station”announced the SNCF on its X account (formerly Twitter).

Traffic should resume in the early evening. An investigation has been opened to find the causes of death; the investigations should make it possible to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy.