Municipal Police Officers Dive to Save Family Trapped in Flooded Car in Lyon’s Bron District

“A tragedy narrowly avoided. “The day after the bad weather that occurred on Saturday evening, the mayor LR of Bron Jérémie Bréaud, congratulates the municipal police on social networks.

The car, stuck under two meters of water

Shortly after 8 p.m., heavy rains flooded the hopper in rue Roger-Salengro, which allows traffic under the Laurent-Bonnevay ring road. According to the mayor contacted by Progressthere was no less than two meters of water in the underpass.

Aboard her vehicle, a mother accompanied by her two children, is committed. “She got stuck,” says Isabelle Da Silva, deputy mayor in charge of security, on duty this weekend.

At the same time, the canine brigade of the municipal police began its “general surveillance”. Naturally, officers drove to the edge of the regularly flooded hopper, and spotted the stuck vehicle. A brigadier “dived” to help the family. The head of the night brigade, also mobilized, followed him “swimming”.

The children had “water up to their chins”

“Completely panicked”, the mother who had managed to get out of the car, “screamed”. “She was waist deep in water. The children, around 4 and 7 years old, were trapped inside with “water up to their chins”. The two police officers recovered them in hypothermia before wrapping them in survival blankets and taking them to safety.

During this time, the urban supervision center warned the fire brigade. They came but the state of health of the victims did not require transport to the hospital. The police brought the family home and secured the hopper for the night.

To honor their courage and dedication, Jérémie Bréaud announces: “We are going to send a request to the prefecture and award them a medal. »