A 40-year-old father was killed on national road 12, Tuesday October 29, 2024, near Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon (Orne). Alexis Desboeuf was at the wheel of his vehicle, in which were also his 30-year-old campaign and their 7-year-old son. The family lives in Livaie, a delegated commune of L'Orée-d'Écouves, where they are “known and appreciated”confirms the mayor, Sylvie Poirier-Christian.
The days of mother and child are not in danger
The accident occurred a few meters from the intersection with departmental road 250, around 3 p.m. The family's car allegedly hit at least one utility vehicle coming from opposite. A second van is indeed involved. The lives of the mother, the child, and the two drivers of the professional vehicles are not in danger. They were transported to Alençon hospital.
The father died at the scene of the accident
Alexis Desboeuf died at the scene of the accident after emergency services attempted cardiac massage. The forty-year-old worked for a pork producer in Longuenoë, Le porc de l’Être Pitois. He was a butcher and operated the La Ferté-Macé market. Employers and customers were in shock this Wednesday, October 30, 2024. “He had worked with us for four years, everyone knew him. » The company announced on its Facebook page that it would not be on the markets this Thursday.
This accident mobilized around twenty firefighters and around ten emergency vehicles on Tuesday afternoon. The closure of traffic on the N12 caused a major traffic jam for several kilometers. The situation began to return to normal after 5:30 p.m.
It was the second fatal accident in two days in Orne. The day before, an 84-year-old man died behind the wheel of his car without a license, in Crulai, in a collision with a truck.
