A pileup possibly caused after a heavy goods vehicle driver dozed off at the wheel left one dead and around ten injured, including several in absolute emergency, this Saturday, May 25, in Seine-et-Marne.
The toll is already heavy and continues to evolve. A major pileup involving a heavy goods vehicle and eleven other vehicles occurred this Saturday, May 25, on highway 104 near Villeparisis, in Seine-et-Marne, around 11:45 a.m.
According to information from Parisian, the accident would have caused the death of a young woman. Around ten other people were injured, at least three of whom were treated by emergency services in an absolute emergency.
Accident occurred on the 104 near the town of Le Pin direction Paris-Province. The road is still closed to traffic, take other routes.
Multiple vehicles involved.
Priority to emergency vehicles, avoid the area.— Prefect of Seine-et-Marne (@Prefet77) May 25, 2024
“The most seriously affected patients were evacuated to Marne-la-Vallée, Bobigny and Paris. Six intensive care ambulances intervened on site, not to mention the fire engines. This device was well sized to take care of the patients very quickly , and it is now almost lifted”, indicated the department’s emergency services to the daily’s journalists. Two helicopters were also sent to the scene.
A White plan could be activated to allow hospitals to cope with the influx of victims.
The truck driver in police custody
The first elements of the investigation allow us to hypothesize that the driver of the heavy goods vehicle, traveling on highway 104 in the outward direction (Paris-Province), may have dozed off at the wheel. The vehicle, out of control, then struck around ten others which were on its route.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Meaux judicial police. The driver of the truck was taken into police custody, adds Le Parisien.