Overview
- The 42-year-old fell onto the tracks around midnight late Tuesday as a Line 6 train entered the station in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Surveillance footage cited by the Paris prosecutor indicates he moved to the edge, appeared to search for a door, then stepped forward and fell.
- Firefighters extracted him from the tracks and attempted resuscitation, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Paris prosecutor’s office assigned the inquiry to the 14th arrondissement police station to establish the circumstances.
- RATP activated a victim-assistance unit and said the driver was taken into care, with service between Raspail and Place d’Italie halted until the end of service that night.