A road traffic drama claimed the life of a young boy from Soing-Cubry-Charentenay, this Wednesday, June 21. It is the thirteenth death on the roads of the department since the beginning of the year. A black series. Little Noé Afflatet, twelve years old, died while he was the passenger of the vehicle driven by his brother Arthur which took him to the college of Scey-sur-Saône-et-Albin, ten kilometers away.
“Noah was a brilliant and endearing child,” says Pierre Didier, his former primary school teacher, in shock, and mayor of Soing. His 18-year-old brother was airlifted to the Jean-Minjoz hospital center in Besançon in a condition deemed serious. His days are no longer in danger according to our information. For reasons still undetermined, the Renault Twingo driven by the eldest left the road at the place called “Moulin Velet”, in Traves, “in a dangerous bend located in a descent”, explains a resident. She then crashed into a tree. Around 7:52 a.m., the ground was still wet from overnight storms.
The 18-year-old driver was taken care of by Heli 25 and then transported to Besançon CHRU. Photo Martial Charpentier
Listening and support cells
The investigation must specify the circumstances of the accident. In total, twenty firefighters from the intervention centers of Scey-sur-Saône, Port-sur-Saône and Vesoul, under the orders of Lieutenant Mascaro, group leader, intervened, supported by the teams of SAMU 70 and of the “Héli 25” helicopter. The Port-sur-Saône gendarmerie brigade was on the scene.
The academy inspector, Philippe Destable, went Wednesday morning to the college of Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin where Noé was educated in sixth grade. A listening and support unit has been set up. In 2017, The Republican East had devoted an article to the tremendous momentum of solidarity born around Noah to make him a “3-dimensional hand. Suffering from agenesis, the boy was born without a finger on his left hand. Professor of technology at the college of Gy, and neighbor of the family, Jean-Patrick Roussel had launched the project “Hand in hand” to design this 3D hand with the help of college students. The announcement of the death of the young schoolboy plunges a family, a municipality, and a school into mourning.
