Migrant dies on top of freight wagon after electric spark
This photograph taken on March 25, 2022, shows smoke raise from a burnt wagon at Valenciennes train station after one person died and three were slightly injured in a accidental fire in a freight wagon, according to the SNCF, in Valenciennes northern France. The firefighters later confirmed the death, and also reported "three slightly injured people, obviously migrants", found on the platform near the burnt wagon.
FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP
An Eritrean migrant was electrocuted and killed after jumping on a freight wagon at the train station of Valenciennes in France on Friday. The freight wagon got an electric spark, which resulted in a fire. The three companions of the victim, as well as an SNCF employee and two firefighters were injured in the accident.
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