Soon following 2pm on Wednesday 17 August, a motorcyclist died in an incident on the A30 motorway close to the town of Neufchef ahead of the exit for Fontoy.
The 51-yr-outdated guy was touring on a Kawasaki bike east-west to Longwy. For a explanation not however decided, he missing regulate of his two-wheelers shortly soon after leaving the Bois de Chêne tunnel, right before the La Castine relaxation place. The victim, from Fontoy, was thrown various tens of meters from his bicycle, alongside the slide, in the left lane.
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Huge crisis assets were mobilized from the Hagondange, Hayange and Thionville barracks but the motorcyclist was useless on their arrival.
The highway was minimize for 300 meters, time of the rescue intervention, but motorists could be diverted from the La Castine relaxation area. Targeted traffic was only minimally interrupted.
An investigation was opened by the Moulins-lès-Metz motorway CRS to identify the correct will cause of the accident. In accordance to first studies, the motorcyclist is the only a person involved. The tragedy occurred on an uphill stretch of the highway that is not discovered as a hazardous or incident-vulnerable area. Careless blunder or too much pace could be the lead to of the tragedy. The final results of even more analyzes are awaited. Witness to the accident, a truck driver was questioned on Wednesday.
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