Using a wooden board, an overexcited TaM user breaks the windshield of a tram in Montpellier

Le pare-brise présente de nombreux impacts. ML – DR

Les faits ont eu lieu ce lundi 19 août aux alentours de 11 heures dans le quartier Saint-Éloi à Montpellier.

A tram driver on line 1 was attacked this Monday, August 19, around 11 a.m. at the station “Université des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier& rdquo; in the Saint-Éloi district.

An individual, apparently psychologically fragile, attacked him by insulting and threatening him. Then the author got off the train, retrieved a nearby wooden board and hit the windshield several times, cracking it in several places.

Right of withdrawal

The accused then tried to set the fire. In vain. Then he fled. An investigation is underway to try to identify him. As for the driver, extremely shocked, he exercised his right to withdraw. The damage would be estimated at 6,000,000 euros.