It was a black Sunday on the region's roads. Two accidents cost the lives of three motorcyclists in Charente and Haute-Vienne.
Around 3 p.m., a couple of bikers, originally from Chabanais, lost their lives, at a place called Le Croissant, in Chabrac, in Charente Limousin, about ten kilometers from Saint-Junien. A car traveling in the direction of Étagnac-Confolens hit the bikers head-on at the intersection of the D948 and the D29. The shock was incredibly violent, according to witnesses.
The car “would have moved to its left, narrowly avoiding a first motorbike” before hitting the couple’s, according to a motorcyclist who was traveling with him. In the violence of the impact, the vehicle then crashed into a car which was following the bikers, throwing the vehicle into the ditch.
“I only realized what had happened when I saw the car cross the median strip and then hit my friends. I tried to help them, and then I went towards the cars. », recounted yesterday evening, still moved, a motorcyclist who witnessed the scene.
Three seriously injured
In total, 25 firefighters from the Chabanais, Brigueuil, Confolens and Saint-Junien emergency centers intervened. Rescuers took nearly two hours to extricate a woman stuck in the vehicle in the ditch. She was transported by the Samu 87 helicopter to Limoges University Hospital in absolute emergency. Last night, his vital prognosis was in jeopardy.
The two women in the first vehicle were also seriously injured. They were transported to the hospital in Angoulême and Limoges, in absolute emergency by the Smur of Confolens and Saint-Junien. Five people who witnessed the accident were treated by the firefighters' psychological unit.
The Confolens – Chabrac, Étagnac-Chabrac, Saulgond – Chabrac and Chabanais – Chabrac axes were cut off to traffic until late in the evening. The president of the Department of Charente, Philippe Bouty, the mayor of Chabrac, Jeanine Durepaire, and the mayor of Chabanais, Michel Boutant, visited the site.
An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the accident. The sector is known to be particularly accident-prone.
A third death in Haute-Vienne
Later in the day, a third motorcyclist died in Saint-Germain-les-Belles, in Haute-Vienne. While traveling on the departmental 420 in the Puy-Chalard/Montoulet sector, the 42-year-old man collided head-on with a car. A black Sunday on the roads of the region.
