One person died in an accident in Dumbéa. A motorist took the expressway in the wrong direction this Monday, June 24 in the morning, which led to a head-on collision. The firefighters, who were targeted after their intervention, are launching an appeal to the population.
A new tragedy on the Caledonian roads this Monday, June 24. An accident which occurred in the early morning in Dumbéa. A motorist, forced by the roadblocks, decided to turn back on the expressway in the opposite direction. He lost his life there in a head-on collision.“The fire services were called this morning around 6 a.m. for a serious traffic accident at Zac Panda, in the direction Païta-Nouméa”, explains Bruno Chitussi, head of the fire department. “We are then dealing with a head-on collision between two vehicles. That is to say that a vehicle has taken the expressway in the wrong direction. This caused a frontal impact, which caused the victims to be extricated. The victim is deceased.”
In the difficult context that New Caledonia is going through, firefighters are alerting the population. “Our interventions have been complicated for six weeks because like all the other security forces we are working in degraded mode. But please ladies and gentlemen, do not take the expressway in the wrong direction. Do not knowingly put yourself in danger. Be vigilant in all actions of daily life.”
We are weeks away, where the slightest innocuous gesture can prove complicated for everyone.
Bruno Chitussi, fire chief
The firefighters took the victim to the Médipôle this morning. “It was during this transfer to the Médipôle that our vehicle was the victim of a projectile. The vehicle was frozen under the guard of the gendarmerie services, because we are impatiently waiting to know the nature of the projectile that hit us. ”
An attack denounced by Sensis CFE-CGC, in a press release released this Monday at the end of the day.
