Terrible tragedy during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. A very violent collision occurred around 1:15 a.m. in Belgium on the N7, near the Zoo Club nightclub, in Barry, near Tournai. According to Belgian media, the accident occurred “during a maneuver» and a Peugeot car was hit by another Audi vehicle. Seven people were in the two cars.
“We had to extricate one of the two occupants in one of the two cars. In the extricated car (the Peugeot), two people died. It is a man and a woman”, Captain Lionel Hanuise said Thursday morning, to the Belga agency. These are two French victims born in 2000 and 2005.
Speed and alcohol
“The suspect was born in 1993 and lived in the Tournai region. The suspect was probably driving at very high speed, an element that the automobile expert will have to confirm”, also indicated a magistrate on duty this Thursday, to our colleagues at L’Avenir. According to him, he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.