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A 62-year-old man, a patrolman in the roads department of the Department of Tarn-et-Garonne, was struck down by a car this Wednesday morning, January 15, on the Bourret bridge. The officer was busy taking temperature readings of the roadway. Freezing fog and the presence of black ice could be the cause of this accident.
A tragedy was avoided this Wednesday morning, January 15, on the Bourret bridge (Tarn-et-Garonne) while a freezing fog enveloped the Garonne valley.
Around 6 a.m., an agent from the departmental council's roads service was sent on a patrol mission to this portion of the RD 928 to measure the ground temperature with a view to possible preventive salting of the road. Wearing personal protective equipment and a headlamp, the 62-year-old officer parked his service vehicle on one of the traffic lanes, signaling his presence with a flashing light and a triflash.
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It was at this time that a motorist traveling in the Beaumont-Montauban direction lost control of his vehicle as he approached the bridge. He explained that he was surprised by the slippery road. In fact, patches of ice were reported this Wednesday morning on part of the road network in Tarn-et-Garonne.
“He is shocked”
The patrol officer, seeing the danger coming, moved as far as he could from the path of the car but it hit his service vehicle. Moved by shock, the departmental council vehicle mowed down the sixty-year-old who found himself face down on the road. Firefighters quickly came to his aid. The agent, complaining of pain in his ribs, back, pelvis and one hand, was taken by ambulance to the Montauban hospital center to have control X-rays. Ironically, this work accident occurred two weeks before the retirement of this agent. “He is shocked and we wish him a speedy recovery,” confides his department head.
The two cars involved in this accident were reduced to wreckage.
The roads service of the Department of Tarn-et-Garonne reminds us of the cautionary instructions in winter: adjust your speed when the weather conditions are poor and respect the signs upstream of a construction site or as part of an emergency intervention. a roads officer.
Vigilance is still required in the coming days: at least until Saturday January 18, Tarn-et-Garonne should experience frost and, locally, patches of fog which could cause slippery phenomena.
