“Today, I am going to tell you about an event which profoundly marked the history of France and which has a very special link with the town where I grew up, Beaune. » In a 25-minute video, which already recorded more than 200,000 views the day after its publication (it was posted this Tuesday evening), videographer Valentin Halter, better known under the pseudonym Neoxi, returns in detail to the tragedy of Beaune, the deadliest road accident in France, which left 53 dead, including 46 children, on July 31, 1982, at 1:45 a.m., on the A6 motorway, in the south of the Côte-d'Or.
“It is essential to understand”
“It’s a story I heard often growing up, but one that still resonates today. It's a difficult story, but it's really close to my heart to talk to you about it, not just to go over the facts, but because I think it's essential to understand what happened and to never forget the impact that this event had,” he explains, his tone calm in a video produced in the form of a documentary.
From criminal cases to notable news items
Beyond its link with the city of Beaune, the choice of the subject is not a coincidence for the YouTuber, who has two million subscribers on his channel.
Indeed, the videographer, present on the platform for more than ten years, has already devoted numerous videos to criminal cases and notable news items, but also to myths and legends and historical dramas, from the sinking of the Titanic to the accident tragedy of July 31, 1982.
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