For a reason that the gendarmerie investigation will have to determine, a car and a van carrying two horses collided head-on, on a straight line. The two vehicles ended up in opposite ditches on either side of the road.
The alert having been quickly triggered, significant emergency resources were deployed to the scene of this collision, in particular a little over fifteen firefighters from the Tyrosse, Capbreton and Tosse fire stations.
Four people
The first report states that four people were injured, including two people in critical condition. They are a 19-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man. According to our information, they were in the car. The two young people were removed from their vehicle and treated by a medical team from the Smur (from Dax). They were evacuated to a hospital. At this stage, no details have been given on the destination.
A slightly injured horse
Two other people – two men aged 49 and 51 respectively – were badly shaken in this collision. They were taken care of by the firefighters for routine checks but their condition did not require evacuation.
Philippe Miquel
The car ended up in a ditch
The van was transporting two racehorses in a trailer. According to our information, the van was returning from La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde) where the animals were lined up in a PMU race. The boat was going to Pau. In this head-on collision, the two horses are alive. According to our information, one of the two is injured. Without apparent seriousness. They were taken out of the van and placed in a meadow next to the scene of the accident. A van sent from their stud farm in Pau is expected in the evening to pick them up.
Also called to the scene, the Dax company gendarmes carried out the usual findings to clarify the circumstances of this collision. The condition of the two vehicles attests to the violence of the impact.
Philippe Miquel
The two horses were put in a meadow while waiting to be picked up by another truck sent by their stud farm in Pau.
