Seven people were killed, and two others injured, one of whom was seriously injured, in a traffic accident that occurred on Tuesday June 18 in the early evening near Chartres, we learned from the firefighters and the Eure prefecture. -et-Loir.
Five young people aged 17 to 19 died in the fire of their vehicle and a couple aged 80 and 85 were killed in the collision, which involved three vehicles shortly before 7:00 p.m. on the RD 921 in Bailleau-le-Pin , Frédéric Blanc, chief of staff of the prefect of Eure-et-Loir, told AFP.
“A first vehicle which was traveling in the direction Illiers-Combray – Chartres, in which there were five young people, collided with another vehicle which was traveling in the opposite direction, in which the elderly couple was“, clarified Mr. Blanc.
“The first vehicle then collided with a third vehicle which was also coming from the opposite direction. The first vehicle caught fire. The five occupants died in the fire“, added the chief of staff.
In the third vehicle, a 23-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man were injured, one seriously. They were transported to the Chartres hospital center. Traffic was completely cut off on this secondary route to allow rescue operations.
