essential Traffic is currently interrupted on the A64 after the Capvern exchanger (Hautes-Pyrénées) in the Toulouse-Bayonne direction after a traffic accident. A 2 -year -old child must be evacuated by helicopter to a Toulouse hospital. Traffic resumed shortly after 8 p.m.
A traffic accident occurred, around 5 p.m. on Wednesday on the A64 after the Capvern exchanger in the Toulouse-Bayonne direction to the 170 mileage point. The driver of a utility vehicle towing a caravan that was committed to the highway towards Bayonne lost control. The whole made up of the van and the caravan came out of the road. In shock, the caravan was completely dislocated.
Immediately the alert given, the firefighters and a medical team from the SMUR intervened to rescue the occupants of the vehicle. A 2 -year -old girl was injured. She was taken care of by a SMUR team. The child was to be evacuated to a Toulouse hospital center aboard the Smur 31 helicopter.
A young woman and a 2 year old baby evacuated
The 24 -year -old woman, who was driving was also injured in the accident. Supported by the firefighters, she was transported to a High Hospital in Hautes-Pyrénées.
The Vinci Autoroute teams and the gendarmes secured the sector to allow help to intervene. The Samu helicopter landed on the road before resuming the air towards Toulouse to evacuate the child.
Traffic was interrupted after the Capvern exchanger until approximately 8 p.m. The vehicles engaged on the highway towards Bayonne were forced to go out in Capvern. Entrance was also prohibited.
Road traffic resumed shortly after 8 p.m. in the Toulouse-Bayonne direction.
The gendarmerie opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the accident.
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