a victim says he is “impatient” to hear the SNCF but “without having false hopes”

He came from Limoges to try to understand the drama that struck his life on July 12, 2013 around 5 p.m. Vincent Roux, victim of the derailment of a train in Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne), was present, Monday, April 25, on the first day of hearing before the criminal court of Évry. He is one of more than 180 civil parties constituted for the trial. “This trial has been postponed for a long time. Now it is starting and it makes things very concrete, without getting false hopes”explains this forty-year-old.

For six weeks, the criminal court will look into one of the most serious rail accidents, which left seven dead and more than 400 injured. Vincent, he lost his companion Morgane and was injured in the foot when the Paris-Limoges coral derailed.

“We are not expecting this trial to heal us. We are here for the sake of truth: to know what happened before the accident, what led to this situation and how it happened .”

Vincent Roux, victim of the Brétigny-sur-Orge disaster

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For the Limougeaud, who was in car 4 of the train when it literally began to shake, then crushing the interior of the passenger compartment, being present at the trial is also a question of “memory for Morgane and the other victims who died that day”. He says to himself “eager” to hear what the leaders of the SNCF will have to say during the hearings but recognizes that these are trying times. “IThere are many things which, as a civil party, are difficult to hear: the revelations about certain wiretaps during the investigation, the position of the SNCF…” The railway company has indeed chosen a defense consisting in rejecting the accusations of negligence in the maintenance of the tracks, in contrast to the attitude of Guillaume Pépy, president of the SNCF at the time, who will be heard Thursday as a witness.