DIRECT. Millas tragedy appeal trial: “I need his apology to rebuild myself”, Alicia asks the bus driver

Elona: “For the first time, I felt death”

The hearing resumes

Elona, ​​a passenger on Nadine Oliveira’s bus, testifies via video.

Enzo finished his testimony on the stand.

Enzo also demands an apology from Nadine Oliveira.

Enzo: “We talk a lot about us but there are also our loved ones who are affected by the accident.”

The president of the court questions Enzo about the fact that Nadine Oliveira says she did not hear the train whistle: “Having had the sound of the horn in her head for 4 years, it is impossible that she did not have it heard, unless his brain has done a lot of sorting,” says Enzo.

It was really a deafening noise.”

At the time of the accident, Enzo was doing a magic trick for Ophelia, who died in the accident. “It was when I heard the sound of the train horn that I turned my head.” “It was really a deafening noise.”

Today, Enzo still has “an imposing scar on his arm.” He suffers from significant joint pain.

In his first statement just after the accident, Enzo told the police that the barrier was open. “The driver was my neighbor. I told myself that she could not have passed if the barrier was closed. Today, I cannot say if the barrier was open or closed.”

Enzo speaks and recounts his memories. “I remember the sound of the horn and I remember turning my head.” “When I wake up, it’s pretty blurry.” He remembers a girl next to him calling for her mother and he remembers the smell of gasoline. “I remember a very heavy emptiness and silence.”

Alicia finished her testimony. Enzo, who was also on the bus, arrives at the stand. He was 13 years old at the time of the accident.

“I need his excuses to rebuild myself”

Me Escalé, lawyer for the civil party: “What do you expect from this trial from Nadine Oliveira?” Alicia: “His apologies. I need his apologies to rebuild myself”

“My great achievement is to walk and be alive”

“My great achievement is to walk and be alive.” Alicia explains her life since the accident. “At the end of my day, all I want to do is take off my prosthesis and sit in my chair. My back hurts, my pelvis hurts. I have to let me think about everything, about my support.”

In answering a question from Me Chemla, lawyer for the civil party, Alicia remembers the moment when she saw the train arriving: “I curled up into a ball and closed my eyes. I understood what was going to happen. happen”

Alicia: “I’m sure.” Alicia explains that she saw and heard that Nadine Oliveira had received a notification on her phone. “I turned my head towards her and she turns her head towards her phone at the same time.”

Before the first trial of the Millas drama which took place in October 2022, we met Alicia. She told us about her memories of the accident and her life since.

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Alicia says she remembers the white car of the two SAUR employees who testified yesterday.

Alicia remembers the train whistle. “I turned my head and saw the train’s headlight.”

Alicia explains that she always put herself at the front when she got on the bus. “I was looking at the road,” she told the court.

President: “Do you remember that Nadine Oliveira ever received messages or calls while she was driving.” Alicia: “Yes. I saw him taking calls with the phone in his hand.”

Alicia stands at the stand in court. Nadine Oliveira is seated in a chair to his right.

Alicia underwent a first right leg amputation in December 2017 and a second operation in 2018. “I’m alive but I’m missing a leg. I live with that. I will have a prosthesis for life.”

Alicia explains that after the accident, she got out of the bus. “For me, a second train was coming.” She remembers one of the Russians who testified to nothing. “I realize that my right leg is missing.”

Alicia: “I see the barrier closed. I feel the bus hitting the barrier, I feel a jolt.”

Alicia: “As she maneuvers, the driver receives a message. Her phone was on her left and I see that her phone lights up.”

Alicia takes the stand to testify

Alicia was 13 years old at the time of the accident. She was present on the bus driven by Nadine Oliveira on December 14, 2027. “I got on the bus and sat at the front,” she said.

Presence of a legal assistance dog

This Wednesday, the dog Ragnar, legal assistance dog, is present. He will be alongside the civil parties who will testify this morning. During the first trial in 2022, two dogs were present: Ouchi and Rancho.

“The barrier was wide open” maintains the school bus driver

On the second day of her trial before the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal, the school bus driver, retried for homicide and involuntary injuries by not having paid attention to the closure of the Millas level crossing on the 14 December 2017, agreed to explain himself this Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Maintaining his version and rejecting his responsibility in this drama.

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This Wednesday, three middle school students, seriously injured on the bus, are expected to take the stand. At the beginning of the afternoon, the two train drivers will testify, followed by witnesses called by the defense, who were not heard during the first trial.