The fall of a bridge left one dead and four injured in Labège, near Toulouse, on Monday. “A shock” for the town and for the construction teams, confides the mayor on franceinfo.
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A bridge under construction partially collapsed on the construction site of metro line C, in Labège, near Toulouse, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, the public prosecutor of Toulouse told France Bleu Occitanie, Monday .
A fourth worker was slightly injured, also reports France Bleu Occitanie, which specifies that six people were working on the site at the time of the accident, late in the afternoon. Four of them were on the bridge and were forced to jump 10 meters when the bridge deck collapsed. It was the concrete structure that collapsed.
The Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie must in fact go to the site this Tuesday morning to make findings as part of the judicial investigation which is open. The first elements of the investigation transmitted by the prosecution highlight the possibility of a breakage of a cylinder. The labor inspectorate has also opened an investigation to try to understand whether there have been any safety breaches.
“The construction site is stopped”
53 firefighters and 20 emergency vehicles were sent at 6 p.m. to the Innopole area of Labège where the accident took place, before being joined by a dog team as well as firefighters specializing in rescue and clearance. , reports France Bleu Occitanie. Work on line C of the Toulouse metro was launched in December 2022. It is a mainly aerial route, hence the viaduct.
It is “a shock for our town” And “the construction teams are in a state of shock“, reacts the mayor of Labège, Laurent Chérubin, on franceinfo. The councilor adds that a psychological unit has been set up”to support them in this very difficult moment“. Since the tragedy, “the construction site is stopped”, he adds. “The area has been secured to identify the circumstances of the accident“, he explains.