President Emmanuel Macron promised Friday the mobilization of all to clarify the circumstances of the death of a French student, knocked down on May 7 by a taxi in Buenos Aires.
President Emmanuel Macron promised Friday the mobilization of all to clarify the circumstances of the death of a French student, knocked down on May 7 by a taxi in Buenos Aires, while receiving his Argentinian counterpart Alberto Angel Fernandez. “I have a heartfelt thought for the family and loved ones of Lwana Bichet, a young French student from Angoulême, passionate about Argentina, who died in a tragic accident a few days ago in Buenos Aires”, declared the Head of State, during a short statement in the courtyard of the Elysée.
“I want to say here to her family, to her friends, that in celebrating the friendship between our two countries, we are also thinking of her and we will obviously continue the mobilization so that the truth is known about the circumstances and to reiterate our solidarity. “, he added.
The driver had a heart attack
The 25-year-old student, knocked down by a taxi whose driver had a stroke and a heart attack, died Sunday of her injuries. Two other French women were injured in the accident. The president was above all in empathy and in no case expressed “injunction”, indicated shortly after the French presidency, suggesting that there was no doubt about the causes of the accident. “The case is taking its course”, “he just wants to shed light on the accident to facilitate the family’s mourning”, added the Elysée.
After overturning the French women who were crossing an avenue, and two other people – unharmed – the taxi, out of control, hit two cars. When help arrived, the taxi driver “had lost consciousness”, according to the director of medical emergencies in Buenos Aires (SAME), Alberto Crescenti. “We don’t know if he had a heart attack first and then a stroke or if the stroke happened before, it’s a combination of pathologies,” he said.
Lwana Bichet had been in the Argentine capital for three months, like the other two French women, as part of a university exchange from the private University of San Andrés.