A 60-year-old man died last night when he was run over in Alfafar (Valencia) by the Cercanías train on the Valencia-Gandia line after suffering a fall while crossing the tracks, which at that time were with the barriers lowered, bringing the number of fatalities to four. at this railway crossing in twelve months.
This has been confirmed by the mayor of the municipality, José Ramón Adsuara, who explained that after the death of this local resident there were “moments of tension” with the citizens, the Adif staff who went to the scene and the bodies and forces of state security.
Renfe sources have told EFE that the train left the North Valencia station at 10:15 p.m. and that at 11:09 p.m. the transfer of passengers from the stopped convoy to another train was authorized, while at 11:20 p.m. traffic was restored in both ways.
According to the mayor, the man was crossing the pedestrian part of the tracks, which were with the barriers lowered, he fell to the ground and could not get up in time and was hit by the train, and he added that it is something that many neighbors do because Sometimes the train takes half an hour to pass.
“There is a lot of fatigue, lack of response to the 30,000 signatures collected at City Hall, lack of solutions and a lack of answers to our letters,” Adsuara denounced.
As a sign of protests, at 6:00 p.m. this Friday they have called for a rally at the pass where the accident occurred for the residents of the four municipalities affected by this road -València (the La Torre neighborhood), Benetússer , Alfafar and Sedaví-.
“The idea was to cut off rail traffic but I don’t think they will authorize us,” said the mayor of Alfafar, who insisted that they need “forcefulness” in the response because “there is no solution on the table, neither provisional nor temporary.” long term”. The person who died last night is the fourth person to die this year at this Alfafar railway crossing. Before, other men aged 45 and 34 and a 19-year-old girl died.
