The three officials were hit after the driver lost control of his vehicle. They were all transferred in “serious condition”.
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UA car from a crew participating in the Saint-Émilion rally hit three people on Saturday, May 20, seriously injuring them, announced the prefecture and the municipality. The three victims, two women, one 44 and the other 65 and a 73-year-old man, members of the organization of the race, were transferred “in serious condition” to the Bordeaux University Hospital for one, and at the Libourne hospital center for the other two, after the intervention of the emergency services, indicated the prefecture, confirming information from South West.
The pilot would have lost control of his vehicle “after a bump”, announced Dorothée Breton, the mayor of Lussac, the town where the first special of the 31 took place.e edition of this car rally. They hit these three officials located “back from the road”, near a plot of vines. The pilot and his co-pilot were slightly injured, but their condition did not require evacuation.READ ALSOParis: a balcony collapses, two people in absolute emergency
The race was interrupted
“The wounded were immediately taken care of, and their vital prognoses were not engaged during their evacuation” added the city councilor.
The race, which took place Friday and Saturday in four municipalities in the area, was interrupted after this accident.