Brétigny accident (Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Brétigny accident (Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Brétigny : an unpredictable but probable accident

On April 25, the trial of the “Brétigny disaster” will begin. The SNCF, SNCF Réseau and an SNCF executive will appear before the Evry-Courcouronnes criminal court (Essonne) for involuntary manslaughter and involuntary injury. The State, which bears a crushing responsibility in this accident, does not seem to be among the accused.