It was around 7:15 p.m., behind the Montilly-sur-Noireau school, rue Claude-Monet, this Monday, November 25, 2024 when a driverless car rolled down a slope and hit a 55-year-old man. He died.
“Everything happened very quickly”
« It was during a meeting of the Montilly Loisirs Évasion association, the gentleman arrived to join the meeting location. He probably either put the handbrake on incorrectly, or there was a problem. It is not yet clear whether he tried to stop his own car or was hit. Everything happened very quickly », Describes Antoine Gérard, the mayor of Montilly-sur-Noireau. First, the people present at the meeting observed a car rolling down the slope, without seeing that a person was stuck underneath. It would be the victim's car.
Eleven firefighters from the Condé-en-Normandie (Calvados) and Flers (Orne) emergency centers were mobilized. The people present at the meeting went out but could do nothing. They are in shock. Particularly involved in the municipality, the victim is a former municipal councilor and volunteer within the Montilly Loisirs Évasion association.
Last year in the Bocage, similar accidents occurred notably in Tinchebray-Bocage where the mayor of Saint-Jean-des-Bois, Jean-Louis Renault, was struck on November 27, 2023 by a driverless vehicle which was hurtling downhill. a slope. A postwoman was also the victim of her own car in Champsecret, on September 11, 2023.
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