The shock was incredible. During the night from Monday to Tuesday, a motorist traveling in a van hit a pedestrian head-on, who was on the A1, near Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) , in the direction of the province of Paris. The driver, who mowed him down, felt an impact but did not perceive that he had hit a person.
However, he immediately called the emergency services. They are the ones who informed him that it was a woman. As of Tuesday, the victim was still not identified. She had no papers on her. She was not a driver either, who would have dismounted after a breakdown. No parked vehicles were found nearby.
What was she doing in such a dangerous and incongruous place at 3:30 in the morning? Impossible to know at this stage of the investigation. This was entrusted to the Nord Île-de-France motorway CRS, which has jurisdiction over this portion of the A1.
The woman was dressed in dark-colored clothing and on this section, where cars are traveling at over 90 km/h, death for a pedestrian is certain. “It is estimated that a pedestrian hit at 50 km / h is equivalent to falling from the 4th floor, indicates a police source. Studies have also shown that on a highway, a pedestrian’s chances of survival do not exceed 20 minutes. »
Many pedestrians on the highway
The A1 motorway is also the busiest axis in Europe. Despite these implacable statistics, road safety specialists deplore the fact that the unwary are relatively numerous to venture there. “Every week, we pick up people on foot on the highway, day and night. Either they go home because they live next door or they go to work and cut by the highway to take a shortcut. Some, too, are alcoholic. We also rescue old people who are lost. »
Fortunately, the police officers of the highway CRS are very reactive and manage to recover them before a tragedy occurs. To do this, they set up a mobile stopper, which will stop the traffic, and quickly get the survivor into their van. “We save their lives,” said the policeman.
The shocked driver, who hit the woman last night, was initially taken into custody. He had no blood alcohol level or trace of narcotics. He was released. “The investigation is continuing to identify the victim and elucidate the circumstances of the accident,” said the Bobigny prosecutor’s office.
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