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A motorcyclist lost control of his machine this Friday in the middle of the afternoon near Toulouse. Alerted, the emergency services were unable to save this man.
New accident with dramatic consequences this Friday, November 1 in Seyre, in Lauragais to the east of Toulouse. A motorcyclist who was traveling on a departmental road between Nailloux and Gardouch lost control of his machine around 4 p.m.
He fell to the ground in front of one of his relatives who was following him on a motorbike.
Emergency services were immediately alerted but despite the intervention of firefighters and a medical team from Smur 31, this 68-year-old motorcyclist could not be saved. The Villefranche-de-Lauragais company gendarmes have opened an investigation to understand the circumstances of this new road tragedy.
Since the start of the year, fatal accidents involving bikers or scooter drivers have been accumulating in Haute-Garonne. According to road safety figures, 17 two-wheeler drivers have already been killed since January – plus four cyclists.
Since the start of the year, at least 45 people have died on the roads of Haute-Garonne. A figure unfortunately on the rise.
