The shock and emotion in Sainte-Radegonde, near Thouars (Deux-Sèvres). This Saturday noon, a 19-year-old young man died in a car accident, between Vrines and Le Bas Mauzé. For a reason still unknown, the driver, alone at the wheel of the vehicle, left the road. His car rolled over several times before ending its course on the roof embedded against a tree, in a ditch below.
A crane to extricate the vehicle
The firefighters’ reconnaissance and intervention in dangerous environments (grimp) group intervened. It took the help of a crane to extricate the car from the ditch. The Niort public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, entrusted to the gendarmerie to establish the precise circumstances of the death. As is customary, toxicological analyzes will be carried out in order to rule out the presence of drugs or alcohol in the victim’s body.
Strong emotion in Thouarsais
The mayor of Thouars, Bernard Paineau, visited the site. The accident caused great emotion in the city. The young man, a member of the Mauzé Thouarsais football club, was well known in Thouarsais. His parents live in Thouars. Among the firefighters dispatched to the scene of the accident, several knew him.
