A black Saturday for the big biker family. It should be only tinged with pink and hope. Unfortunately, on the side of Anoux, near Val de Briey in Meurthe-et-Moselle, a dramatic traffic accident claimed the life of a forty-year-old from the area, while he was riding his motorcycle. His son, a teenager, was a passenger in the machine. Given the seriousness of his injuries, it was decided to deploy the Smur 54 helicopter in order to transfer him to the Central Hospital in Nancy. His vital prognosis is engaged. The helicopter was able to land on the departmental road D643 which connects Piennes to Val de Briey, not far from the accident. The gendarmes were responsible for blocking traffic during the intervention of relief from five centers, placed under the orders of Captain Robert, column leader.
The accident occurred when, at the end of the afternoon, a convoy of bikers traveling as part of Une Rose, un espoir left the village of Anoux to turn onto the departmental road. This generated a slowdown on this straight line. A crew of bikers, dedicated to safety and equipped with fluorescent vests, warned motorists to alert them to the arrival of the group, according to the association. At that time, the 40-year-old’s motorcycle arrived from Piennes and, for some reason that the investigation will endeavor to determine, the pilot did not manage to immobilize his machine, which hit the last car in line. . The father of the family was ejected and could not be revived by the emergency services. Under the violence of the impact, his motorbike hit two vehicles of Une Rose, un espoir which were traveling in the opposite direction. Two motorcyclists were hit in the lower limbs. Supported by the firefighters, they were transferred to Metz-Mercy hospital. The occupants of the car were not injured. The association specifies that the group of bikers present at the scene of the tragedy, shocked, will not participate in Une Rose, un espoir this Sunday.
