Serious accident in Montreux: A motorist hits a 90-year-old pedestrian

Monday around 1700, a serious traffic accident involving a pedestrian and a motorist took place on avenue de Chillon in Territet (Commune of Montreux). Seriously injured, the victim was taken by ambulance to hospital. The police are appealing for witnesses.

For a reason that the investigation will have to determine, a 35-year-old motorist who was traveling in the direction of Montreux, hit a pedestrian who was crossing the road at a location which has yet to be determined.

Following the impact, the pedestrian, a 90-year-old Swiss national living in the region, was seriously injured. Emergency services dispatched to the scene took care of the victim and transported him by ambulance to hospital.

The public prosecutor was informed and the duty prosecutor opened a criminal investigation. He entrusted the investigations to specialists from the traffic unit of the Vaud Gendarmerie.

This event required the intervention of two police patrols and an ambulance from the Association Sécurité Riviera (ASR), as well as specialists from the traffic unit of the Vaud Gendarmerie.

Claude Béda is a journalist for the 24-hour Vaudois section. Passionate about social issues and the lives of people here, he covered several regions of the canton, before joining the Lausanne editorial staff. More info

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