The unfolding of the facts still remains unclear. Since a serious accident cost the life of a 68-year-old man this Wednesday evening on the D 901 departmental road, the gendarmes of the Marseille-en-Beauvaisis brigade have opened an investigation into aggravated manslaughter. They are calling on all possible witnesses to come forward to help them shed light on what happened.
According to initial findings, the deceased sixty-year-old had stopped on the side of the double track limited to 90 km/h, shortly after 9:30 p.m., approximately 500 m before the entrance to the underground at the commune of Troissereux, then that it was traveling in the direction between Beauvais and Marseille-en-Beauvaisis.
Without knowing precisely in what order the events took place, an , hitting a tree at the edge of a wooded area.
“We do not know if the Picasso ended up there following a loss of control or if it was thrown by the third vehicle which hit it,” indicates a source close to the case. The wooded area is so dense at this location that we used a thermal drone to ensure there were no other bodies at the scene. » The driver was evacuated to Amiens hospital (Somme) with serious leg injuries.
The third car involved, a Clio, violently hit the rear of the sixty-year-old's vehicle, causing the latter's death. On board, a man without a driving license tested positive for alcohol and narcotics, also transported in serious condition to Créteil hospital (Val-de-Marne).
“People called for help and were present on the scene when the firefighters arrived, perhaps they witnessed the accident,” continues this same source. We need to understand exactly what happened. The deceased man was single, it is important for insurance companies to know each person's responsibility to cover the necessary costs. »
Anyone who saw something that evening is asked to contact the Marseille-en-Beauvaisis gendarmerie brigade, in charge of the investigation, at 03.44.13.42.17.