Popular face of the French comedy scene, Pierre Palmade was the victim of a terrible car accident, as revealed by Le Journal du dimanche on Friday February 10, 2023. The actor is currently between life and death.
An emblematic figure of humor in France for several decades already, Pierre Palmade would currently be between life and death. The actor was very seriously injured on Friday February 10, 2023, during a car accident in Seine-et-Marne, as revealed by Le Journal du dimanche. The vital prognosis of the comedian is engaged, according to a source familiar with the matter quoted by AFP. The car accident suffered by Pierre Palmade occurred at 6:45 p.m. on departmental road 372, near the town of Villiers-en-Bière, located near Dammarie-les-Lys.
Following this terrible event, the road had to be closed and traffic halted, as reported by the department’s firefighters around 8 p.m. on Twitter. “Accident in progress on the RD372 in Villiers-en-Bière. Road temporarily closed. Thank you for facilitating the passage of help, avoid the area“, they wrote on the social network. Apart from Pierre Palmade, this accident, which involved no less than three vehicles, shows a sad death toll of four, including a pregnant woman and a child aged only six, as Le Parisien clarified. For the moment, no deaths are to be deplored.
Pierre Palmade: taken to hospital by helicopter after his serious accident
Moreover, the circumstances that led to the collision between the three vehicles remain unknown at this time. In concrete terms, two vehicles would have collided in the face on this secondary road linking Melun to Dammarie-les-Lys. The shock would have taken place at a shopping center of the Carrefour brand located in Villiers-en-Bière. residing in the area, Pierre Palmade was driving one of the vehicles involved in this collision. The second car was driven by a pregnant woman, who was accompanied by her six-year-old child. Afterwards, a third vehicle would have hit one of the two damaged cars.
In total, around twenty firefighters, as well as three medical teams from Samu, intervened at the scene of the accident. Moreover, three helicopters were called to the scene to carry out emergency medical evacuations. In detail, Pierre Palmade was evacuated to Bicêtre hospital, located in Kremlin-Bicêtre in Val-de-Marne. The pregnant woman was transported to Beaujon in Clichy-sur-Seine, located in the Hauts-de-Seine, while her child was directed to the Necker hospital in Paris. Finally, the driver of the third car was evacuated by road to the southern Ile-de-France hospital group in Melun.