The death of a 33-year-old woman on the tracks at the Gare de Monaco Monte-Carlo on Monday was likely a suicide, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The Principality’s Judicial Police branch will be in charge of further investigations into the tragic incident.
At 8.45am on the morning of Monday 30th September, just as a train from Menton was pulling into the station in Monaco, a woman either fell or jumped onto the tracks. The driver of the train was sadly unable to avoid striking the woman, a 33-year-old French national living in Cap d’Ail, and she was killed instantly.
“The initial evidence gathered suggests a suicide, which will need to be confirmed by the investigation being conducted by the Judicial Police,” reads a statement from the Public Prosecutor’s Office that was released later in the day on Monday.
In the aftermath of the accident, all train travel in and out of Monaco was put on pause until 11.30am.
According to Monaco Matin, several hundred people were on the platforms at the time of the incident, and many would have witnessed the awful outcome. One passenger who saw the accident reported seeing the woman’s body severed in two.
A crisis counselling unit was quickly set up to help those experiencing shock. The unit can also be contacted by phone on 08 00 12 08 21.
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