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The trial of the Brétigny-sur-Orge rail disaster opened on Monday April 25 before the court in Évry, Essonne. The SNCF and a railway executive appear for homicide and involuntary injuries. On July 12, 2013, a train derailment killed seven people and injured hundreds.
In July 2013, the derailment of a train in Brétigny-sur-Orge station (Essone) left seven people dead and hundreds injured. Monday, April 25, the trial of this train disaster was open at the Evry court (Essone). 184 people filed a complaint. In the courtroom, piles of files are full of expert opinions, second opinions, wiretaps and hearings. The head of manslaughter was retained by the investigating judges against the SNCF as a company. She faces a fine of 225,000 euros.
Only one of the SNCF executives is accused. He was in charge of the maintenance of the sector at the time, and faces three years in prison. According to SNCF lawyers, no one could have foreseen this tragedy. A defense that does not convince the victims. The trial will last two months, with only one essential piece of material: a splint, a small piece of metal a few centimeters, which has gave in and caused the disaster.