Overview

• The last wagon of the Petit Train d’Ajaccio overturned at Santa Lina roundabout on July 31, injuring 18 passengers, including six children, with five treated in urgent care but none in life-threatening condition.
• The 70-year-old driver remains in custody for possible charges of endangering others and involuntary injury and is due to appear before an Ajaccio magistrate.
• Prosecutors and labor inspectors found no mechanical failure or signs of intoxication and are focusing their probe on whether excessive speed triggered the derailment.
• Emergency services used six vehicles to evacuate the wounded and closed part of the Route des Sanguinaires for several hours, causing significant traffic delays.
• The incident has intensified scrutiny of safety protocols on the busy seven-kilometer coastal tourist line during peak season.