The accident occurred this Sunday, June 30 at 6:55 a.m. in the direction of Spain-Orange in the town of Bernis. The collision occurred while a light vehicle was attempting to overtake.
A traffic accident involving two vehicles occurred this Sunday, June 30 in the early morning on the A9 motorway, in the Spain-Orange direction.
When firefighters arrived at 6:55 a.m., a heavy goods vehicle and a car carrying two people collided.
Luckily, slightly injured, they were transported to Nîmes University Hospital for additional examinations. The truck driver, whose alcohol and drug tests came back negative, was unhurt.
Falling asleep at the wheel?
According to initial evidence, it was during an overtaking exercise carried out a priori in accordance with the rules by the car that the truck which was travelling in the right lane then swerved to the left before the impact between the two vehicles.
The hypothesis of the driver of this heavy goods vehicle registered in Poland falling asleep is particularly being considered.
At this early hour, with particularly fluid traffic on the motorway, the two left lanes were immobilized for an hour, while the emergency services intervened.
The gendarmerie was on site in particular to secure this intervention by the firefighters. The accident did not cause any particular slowdown.
