During her visit to Mayotte, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the RN, was involved in a collision between two barges without suffering any injuries. How could this incident affect his political tour?
Tl;dr
- Marine Le Pen involved in a barge collision in Mayotte.
- Ten people injured according to the local press, Marine Le Pen unhurt.
- The accident paralyzed barge rotations for an hour.
Shipwreck in Mayotte: Marine Le Pen unhurt
A maritime incident occurred in Mayotte on Tuesday January 7, 2025. A collision between two barges, one of which was transporting Marine Le Pen, left ten people injured according to information relayed by the local press. The president of the National Rally emerged unscathed from this accident.
An inevitable accident
Marine Le Pen was in Mayotte as part of a trip following Cyclone Chido which severely affected this island, 101st French department. She was present on the barge linking Grande-Terre to Petite-Terre at the time of the accident.
According to his testimony on the Mayotte La Première channel, the other boat “ arrived very, very, very quickly“, making the collision inevitable. She also mentioned that “ The maneuver to turn was inevitably going to throw the bottom of his barge into ours, it hit quite hard. Many people have been lucky in their misfortune. »
-The results of the accident
The chief mechanic was injured in this accident. Marine Le Pen stressed that he had probably “ broken a rib or two or three for that matter“. Despite the violence of the impact, no member of the delegation accompanying Ms. Le Pen was injured. Traffic between the two islands was paralyzed for more than an hour, leaving barges at a standstill.
Despite this mishap, Marine Le Pen was able to reach Petite-Terre thanks to the border police zodiac to take her return flight.
