Friday around 10:30 p.m., an accident occurred along the N5, towards Couvin, near the Quercinelle exit, towards Cerfontaine. For a reason which will remain to be determined, but several motorists were reporting the presence of hydrocarbons on the road, a car suddenly left its path just before the Cerfontaine exit. His car veered to the right to the point of crossing the directional island at the entrance and exit of La Quercinelle. The car then continued its trajectory for more than ten meters to hit a tree and finally fall on its roof.
Philippeville ambulance crews and firefighters quickly rushed to the scene; the driver stuck in the twisted metal sheets will have to be extricated. The emergency workers from the SMUR of Notre Dame Charleroi will unfortunately have to face the facts that the 29-year-old driver had succumbed to his very serious injuries.
A team from the Hermeton and Heure Police went to the scene and were joined by their colleagues from the Highway Police, responsible for drawing up the painful report. The public prosecutor’s office was notified and an expert was to go to the scene to try to explain the circumstances of this tragedy. This exit from the N5 towards Cerfontaine was closed for many hours, the time necessary to establish the readings necessary for the report and the expertise.
