At the very beginning of the afternoon, around 1:30 p.m., a terrible motorcycle accident occurred in Saint-Victor-sur-Loire, at a place called Les Condamines. On the road, just in front of the Maison de la Nature, a young 21-year-old motorcyclist, residing in Saint-Victor-sur-Loire, lost control of his machine and went violently crashing into the rocks, installed on the edge of the road, delimiting, the roadway and the beginning of the hiking trails of the gorges of the Loire.
At this time and with the onset of the summer heat, all the picnic tables in front of the Maison de la Nature were occupied. This place is particularly popular on weekends.
The firefighters were able to resuscitate him
A man, come to breathe, with his family, testifies. “We saw this driver doing a wheelie, (rolling on the rear wheel). And then suddenly, we heard a loud noise, the motorcycle ended up in the trash cans on the side of the road ”. Several people rushed over and it was there that they discovered the pilot against the rocks. His helmet blew off and it was his head that hit the rock. He was then in cardio-respiratory arrest.
A nurse, a midwife and a couple of rescuers present immediately took turns to give him a cardiac massage. The Berland and Chambon-Feugerolles firefighters arrived later and took over. Hélisa, the SAMU helicopter was also called upon. Rescuers worked for more than twenty minutes before finding a pulse in the victim. He could then be taken to the CHU by the fire brigade ambulance. At the time of writing, his vital prognosis remains engaged.
The young man’s father arrived at the scene of the accident while his son was still massaged. Very shocked, he had to be taken care of by the firefighters of Séverine-Saint-Etienne.
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