Five children between the ages of 3 and 14 died on Monday night in a traffic accident, and four other passengers, who were in the same vehicle, are in absolute danger
Five children between the ages of 3 and 14 died this Monday night in a traffic accident, and four other passengers, who were traveling in the same vehicle, are in emergency care.
This is the new tragedy of the terrestrial summer. He ran over nine members of the same family on Monday night on the A7 whose van caught fire before going off the road in the Drôme region, killing all five children between the ages of 3 and 14 who were in his car. inside.
Four other passengers, three adults and a seven-year-old boy, were taken to hospital, Valencia prosecutor Alex Perrin told reporters, adding that the boy and two adults are in critical condition. All the victims belong to the same family from Vénissieux, on the outskirts of Lyon.
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The events took place in the early afternoon at the height of Albon, from south to north. According to the prosecutor, the Renault Grand Scénic van intended for seven people was “obviously” set on fire, the driver lost control and was left as “party barrels”. The bodies of the five dead children were “burned to a significant degree,” making their identification difficult, Alex Perrin added.
An investigation has been opened to determine the causes of the accident and try to determine if it was a technical failure or lack of maintenance. Before losing consciousness, the driver told witnesses that he encountered a braking problem, the Valencia prosecutor said.
Gérald Darmanin and Jean-Baptiste Djebbari on location for the night
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari were on site after midnight. “Five children died in particularly terrible conditions, and the boy is fighting for his life right now. We are thinking of those families, especially the mourners,” Gérald Darmanin said at a brief press conference.
“We count thousands of people killed on the roads, especially in the summer period, so it is necessary to encourage the French to pay attention, especially when they have children in the vehicle,” he added.
“Children lost their lives tonight in a terrible traffic accident in the Drôme. I shared great sadness with the families of the victims. My thoughts are with the injured and all those who are committed on their side,” Emmanuel Macron tweeted for his part. . .
Earlier in the day, the A7 was already closed in the same area in a north-south direction after an accident in which a motorcycle passenger died and its driver was seriously injured.
Privileged use of the car this summer
“These two tragedies remind us that at high speeds, even the slightest carelessness is fatal, even on the road,” Jehanne Collard, an attorney specializing in defending traffic victims, responded in a statement. “I don’t know if there was a failure, human or mechanical. But nine people were crammed into a seven-seater vehicle. For this mistake, five children paid a heavy price. His parents’ lives were ruined. Despite all the prevention messages, death on the road is still a daily nightmare,” she lamented.
Road deaths fell from 29.1% in June in metropolitan France, according to road safety figures published on Monday, amid a limited recovery in travel, including work trips, to prison releases. imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
But during the summer months, due to the health crisis, “the French should focus on using the car to travel to holiday destinations, mainly in the Hexagon,” stresses the organization, which calls for vigilance and caution. According to a survey published at the beginning of July by Accident Prevention and Insurance Prevention, eight out of ten French tourists will use this summer as an individual means of transport (car, motorcycle or camper).
Date Updated: July 21, 2020, 11:58 PM
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