A serious road accident occurred in Aveyron on Sunday May 14 in the evening, involving two minibuses. An initial assessment reports several injuries, including children, and one death.
THE balance sheet established by the Ministry of the Interior is clear, the number of road accidents has been constantly increasing since 2019, if we exclude the year 2020 during which the French had respected two confinements of several weeks in due to the Covid-19 epidemic. “3,260 people lost their lives on the roads of mainland France in 2022” they say. The figures for 2023 are relatively stable in the first quarter, or even down, which unfortunately does not prevent new tragedies from occurring. The one caused by two minibuses carrying children Sunday, May 14 is one more.
The accident took place on the RN 88, north of Rodez (Averyon), in the town of La Loubière. The emergency services quickly intervened to help the two drivers and the passengers, members of a football club – Avenir Foot Lozère -, several of whom are children according to Press Center.
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One dead and several injured in crash
According to our colleagues, “a first assessment reports 11 injured, including two 13-year-old teenagers in relative emergency” had they specified, before specifying that a 26-year-old man was in “absolute emergency” while one of the drivers was even “in critical condition”. From, The Dispatch confirmed very early on Monday morning that the 27-year-old driver ultimately lost his life. The Editor, on the other hand, reports that “the latest news was reassuring regarding the children involved in the accident”, while one of them was previously stuck in the minibus, and had to be extricated by the emergency services. It will be necessary to determine the precise circumstances of this accident. But it seems that theone of the drivers reportedly lost control of his minibuswithout managing to restore the situation before sliding towards the ditch. “He would not have managed to fall back and would have rolled over” advance The Dispatch. After which seven fire engines and two SMUR teams were deployed to the scene.
The mayor of La Loubière has already spoken, recalling the need for work on this road. “How sad that something like this is happening in our community.. In this period when we are working on the RN88, I hope that the ‘anti-everything’ will be able to understand the importance of this site” she explained, wishing that the “new RN88” allow to “save lives”.