About fifty firefighters are involved in the accident which occurred on Sunday in the Reims-Calais direction near Thélus.
Three people died in a serious road accident, Sunday around 6 p.m., on the A26 motorway in the Reims-Calais direction, indicates the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais.
Two cars and a “British nine-seater family vehicle” were involved in this accident which occurred in an area under construction, the state representative continues in his press release, confirming information from The voice of the North.
A total of 17 people were involved in this fatal accident “including 7 British nationals and 8 minors”.
Five people in absolute emergency
Five people were taken care of in absolute urgency, reports the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais. Two of them were airlifted to hospitals in Lille and Arras. According to La Voix du Nord, he is a teenager and a septuagenarian, passengers of one of the vehicles involved in the accident.
Three other victims were taken care of in relative urgency, continues the prefecture. Six other people were implicated.
According to La Voix du Nord, a 40-year-old woman in the British family vehicle died instantly. A 45-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, present in the second vehicle involved, also died in this accident.
Fifty firefighters mobilized
Three SAMU vehicles as well as the gendarmes of the motorized platoon of Béthune and Saint-Omer were mobilized. The A26 motorway has been closed in both directions. A diversion was put in place while the emergency services intervened.
The reopening of the section is planned “at best at 1 a.m.”, reports the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais.
In total, around fifty firefighters were involved in this fatal accident.
2023-07-30 20:21:28
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