The prosecution has opened an investigation for manslaughter, after the death of a passenger last Saturday at the Bel-Air station.
The driver of the line 6 metro, involved in an accident which cost the life of a passenger last Saturday at the Bel-Air station, is presented this Friday morning to an investigating judge at the end of his police custody, indicated Friday, April 28 the Paris prosecutor’s office at franceinfo.
The metro driver was taken into custody on Thursday April 27, the Paris prosecutor’s office told franceinfo. He indicates that he has opened a judicial investigation on the count of manslaughter and recalls that the alcohol and narcotics screenings “had turned out to be negative for this RATP employee for 15 years”.
A technical investigation also opened
“Following the investigations will aim to analyze all the circumstances that led to the death of the traveler”, adds the floor. In addition to this judicial investigation, the Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau has also opened a technical investigation.
The victim’s family filed a complaint against X after the accident, the Paris prosecutor’s office also confirms to franceinfo. The 45-year-old woman was accompanied on the metro on Saturday by her husband and son.
Drivers exercise their right of withdrawal
Line 6 of the Paris metro does not run on Friday April 28. “Traffic is interrupted on the entire line”, indicates the RATP on Twitter. Drivers exercise their right of withdrawal. Other lines are disrupted, lines 5 and 9 in particular, in both directions of traffic.
Several dozen RATP agents gathered on Friday April 28 in front of the Paris court to support their colleague, reports France Blue Paris. “If the driver is indicted, it would be a declaration of war on all drivers”reacted to franceinfo Jean-Christophe Delprat, federal secretary of the FO-RATP union, brandishing the threat of an absence of the metro in Paris on Saturday April 29.
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