Hundreds of passengers saved by emergency stop system after driver jumps from high-speed train ‘The security system worked exactly as planned,’ said French rail operator.
Thousands of rail passengers had their journeys ground to a halt in France on Christmas Eve after a TGV driver jumped from the cabin of a moving train in a suspected suicide.
All 400 passengers onboard the Ouigo service from Paris to Saint-Etienne were safely brought to a halt further down the track after emergency systems engaged to stop the train, which had been travelling at around 186mph.
France’s rail operator SNCF confirmed the driver’s death and said he had “committed suicide while the train was moving”.
A traffic alert said: “Train traffic is disrupted on the South East high-speed line following an accident involving a person south of Paris.
