Four people died and five others were injured on Friday evening in a road accident involving a car in the opposite direction on the A16 motorway, in Leubringhen (Pas-de-Calais).
Three vehicles, including this contraflow vehicle, collided around 11:30 p.m.
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The firefighters took care of nine people including “two slightly injured, three seriously injured and four victims in cardio-respiratory arrest”.
Despite the first aid measures provided “four victims – including a 16-year-old boy and three men in their forties – were declared dead by the doctor on the spot”.
Vital prognosis for three other victims of the accident
The three seriously injured, two 20-year-old boys and an 18-year-old girl, were transported to hospitals in Lille, Amiens and Calais. “Their vital prognosis is engaged,” said the Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor’s office.
According to the first elements of the investigation, “the police wanted to check a car near Wimille, the motorist refused to comply and took the opposite direction on the A16 motorway towards Calais”, explained the floor.
The three occupants of the vehicle in the wrong direction were killed in the accident as well as a 16-year-old boy who was in a second vehicle hit head-on, firefighters said.
The driver of the contraflow car was known to the police for acts of violence, theft and traffic crime.
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