A 59-year-old motorist lost his life on Sunday, June 30, 2024, around 5 p.m., in a collision with a camper van. The accident occurred on a departmental road in the commune of Saint-Christophe-sur-la-Nais (Indre-et-Loire), reports France 3 Centre Val de Loire .
In circumstances still unknown, the two vehicles collided. The fifty-year-old in the car was found in cardio-respiratory arrest and imprisoned in his vehicle by the firefighters and the Smur, according to The Little Courier – The Echo of the Loir Valley .
An investigation in progress
Emergency services were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In the camper van were a couple in their fifties and a 16-year-old boy. The fifty-year-olds were only slightly injured and were taken to hospital by land. The young man, who was seriously injured, was taken care of by emergency services and airlifted to the same hospital. His prognosis was not life-threatening at the time he was taken into care.
In total, around twenty firefighters and six vehicles were mobilized for this accident. An investigation was opened by the police, who went to the scene of the tragedy. According to initial information, a failure to give way could be the cause of the collision, specifies The New Republic .
