One dead in a road accident in St-Prex (VD)

A 73-year-old Swiss man died this Thursday around 3:00 p.m. between St-Prex and Etoy, after his vehicle collided with four cars traveling in the opposite direction.

An accident involving several vehicles occurred Thursday around 3:00 p.m. on the cantonal road between St-Prex and Etoy, in the canton of Vaud. Emergency services quickly intervened to treat the victims, one of whom died at the scene of the accident.

The deceased is a 73-year-old Swiss national, the Vaud cantonal police said in a press release on Thursday evening. The other drivers involved are a 76-year-old Swiss woman, a 67-year-old Swiss man, a slightly injured 49-year-old Portuguese woman and a 20-year-old Portuguese woman.

Severely disrupted traffic

According to the first elements of the investigation, the 73-year-old driver hit the central island of the road, for reasons that the investigation will still have to determine. He then collided with the four vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office was informed and the prosecutor opened a criminal investigation to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident. The investigations were entrusted to the gendarmes of the traffic unit.

Traffic was severely disrupted by this accident. The road was closed to traffic for several hours between the last roundabout at Etoy and the station roundabout at St-Prex. (ats)

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