a 31-year-old worker died on the Lyon-Turin construction site, almost four months after another fatal accident

The causes of the accident are not yet known. An investigation is underway.

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The construction site of the future Lyon-Turin TGV line (illustrative photo).  (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP)

A worker died on Tuesday on the construction site of the Lyon-Turin line, in Saint-Martin-la-Porte in Maurienne (Savoie), France Bleu Pays de Savoie learned on Wednesday, November 8 via a press release from Telt (Euralpin Lyon-Turin Tunnel). , promoter of the site).

The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. The 31-year-old man was found dead. According to the first elements collected by the Albertville public prosecutor’s office, he is an employee of the Vinci company.

Telt “joins the pain of the victim’s family and loved ones.” “The causes of the accident have not yet been established”, explains the company Tunnel Euralpin Lyon-Turin. An investigation and analyzes are underway and a psychological unit has been set up.

On July 19, a 51-year-old worker died on the same construction site in the Parquet industrial zone in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The fifty-year-old had worked for several years for a Maurienne company, a subcontractor of SNCF Réseau, project manager on this specific road connection project, recalls France Bleu Pays de Savoie.


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