a couple get out of the way and end up in Eau d’Heure

This Saturday morning, a spectacular traffic accident took place in Walcourt, on the road to Dams. At the sports complex, a couple aboard a VW Golf got off the road before ending up in the Eau d’Heure, upside down.

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This Saturday shortly before 10am, a couple of Erquelinnes were traveling on the road to Dams (RN978), from Silenrieux to Walcourt, when, arriving at the Spayemont sports complex, their car got off the road in the curve located a few dozen meters after the traffic lights.

The VW Golf bit into the grassy aisle before plunging into the Eau d’Heure, just below the Nationale.

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The car came to a stop on the roof, in the flooding river.

Local residents who witnessed the scene immediately came to the aid of the occupants of the car immersed in more than a meter of water.

The couple managed to get out of the car and, thanks to a rope thrown by the residents, to climb back onto the bank.

Firefighters and paramedics from the Dinaphi area, with the assistance of a team from the Flowal police area, responded to the incident.

The two occupants of the accident vehicle, hypothermic and victims of some bruises, were taken by ambulance to Notre-Dame Hospital in Charleroi.

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