A serious traffic accident occurred this Saturday at 4:20 p.m. in Longwy-Haut. More precisely at the crossroads of avenue de l’Aviation and avenue André-Malraux, a few dozen meters from the Alfred-Mézières high school. A pedestrian was hit by a car while crossing the road. This is a man in his sixties living in Mont-Saint-Martin.
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Helicopter victim to Nancy
When the firefighters from the Longwy rescue center arrived, the victim was unconscious. Polytraumatized, the man was taken care of by the Smur of the hospital of Mont-Saint-Martin.
In serious condition, he had to be helicoptered to the Nancy regional hospital. It is not known whether the prognosis is life-threatening. The police station services were also on site. They screened the driver of the car that struck him for alcohol and narcotics, as required by the procedure.
The investigation will endeavor to determine the exact circumstances of this dramatic accident. Did the pedestrian enter the protected crossing when the light was green for him? According to the first elements, it seems that he would have been hit by the car when it started from the traffic light.
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