The man had raised his car using a jack. But the tool gave way, causing the car to fall onto his body. Despite several resuscitation attempts, he died on the spot on Sunday November 17.
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He was simply making repairs to his car. A 22-year-old man died on Sunday, November 17, crushed by his vehicle after the jack gave way, according to information from the newspaper L'Est Républicain.
The accident occurred in Doubs, rue des Perrières in Pouligney-Lusans, a village of 845 people located 22 kilometers from Besançon.
The accident occurs “in front of the family home”
“According to initial information, the young man was carrying out repairs under his carreports the regional daily. He had placed a jack to allow it to slide under the chassis.“
The television channel France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté reports that the young man “changed an exhaust” when “the jack which now the vehicle would have let go“The accident happened.”in front of the family home“.
Still according to France 3, the victim's mother gave him a cardiac massage, “guided over the phone by the fire operator“.
Emergency services tried to resuscitate him, without success.
L'Est Républicain indicates for its part that the victim was then extracted by firefighters from under his vehicle. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the man.on several occasions, helped by the SMUR“.
According to information from the daily Midi Libre, the young man, who died on the spot around 3 p.m., was “seriously injured in the head“. The newspaper writes that an investigation “was opened by the Roulans gendarmerie“. The latter would have already concluded that it was a domestic accident.
