St-Prex: A 73-year-old motorist dies in a pileup

An accident involving several vehicles occurred this Thursday around 3 p.m. on the cantonal road between St-Prex and Etoy. Emergency services quickly intervened to treat the victims, one of whom died at the scene of the accident.

The deceased is a 73-year-old Swiss national, the Vaud cantonal police said in a press release this Thursday evening. The other drivers involved are a 76-year-old Swiss woman, a 67-year-old Swiss man, a slightly injured 49-year-old Portuguese woman and a 20-year-old Portuguese woman.

According to the first elements of the investigation, the 73-year-old driver hit the central island of the road, for reasons that the investigation will still have to determine. He then collided with the four vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.

Open investigation

The Public Prosecutor’s Office was informed and the prosecutor opened a criminal investigation to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident. The investigations were entrusted to the gendarmes of the traffic unit.

Traffic was severely disrupted by this accident. The road was closed to traffic for several hours between the last roundabout in Etoy and the station roundabout in St-Prex.

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