It is around 11:15 am on Monday, September 21 in the morning, when the shock, brutal, occurs on Avenue Franklin-Roosevelt in Bron. While a vehicle is stopped at a red light, at the corner of rue des Guillandes, a second vehicle hits it at high speed at the rear. Under the violence of the impact, the second vehicle spins and ends in reverse in the rue des Guillandes. Its driver, a man of around 80, according to witnesses to the accident, was shaken up and immediately taken by the Smur to the Édouard-Herriot hospital.
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Circumstances still unclear
For the second victim, the driver of the first car, aged about sixty, extrication is necessary. He too was taken to HEH, but in absolute urgency. On site, in addition to the police and the Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service (SMUR), fourteen firefighters from different barracks are also on site. For about an hour, a traffic lane is neutralized, causing many slowdowns.
The circumstances of the accident remain to be determined.
According to residents of Avenue Franklin-Roosevelt: “This red light, located in front of the laundromat, is regularly burned out by vehicles which do not respect 50 km / hour. “
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