A road accident this Saturday afternoon in Beauval made a serious injuries. While the emergency services intervened, the other driver involved has vanished. An investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances.
“I saw a car going at full speed, it was frightening”
It is the shocked testimony of a local resident on rue Pierre Villain in Beauval, in the Somme, where a serious road accident took place this Saturday, May 3 in the middle of the afternoon. Two cars collided around 4:15 p.m. in this street of the peaceful city center. If one of the victims, a 54 -year -old man seriously injured, was rescued by fourteen firefighters on the scene, the other driver involved in the collision did not wait for the arrival of the emergency services. He fled, plunging the speakers into misunderstanding and, above all, triggering a decisive investigation.
A complex intervention on the scene
As soon as they arrived on site, the firefighters found that one of the motorists was stuck in the passenger compartment of his vehicle after the accident. The highlight operation was delicate and mobilized an important device. The victim was quickly taken care of and transported in absolute emergency to the Amiens hospital center. “It was a question of minutes to prevent his condition from deteriorating even more,” said a rescuer at the end of the intervention.
While the firefighters were acting at the bedside of the injured man, the other driver, however involved in the shock, disappeared, leaving his vehicle on the spot. According to the first testimonies on the spot, the individual seemed to be in a state of panic.
The inhabitants, between stupor and concern
The inhabitants of Beauval, witnesses of the accident, describe a surreal scene. “I heard a thud before leaving my home, then I saw someone to hastily leave the premises,” said a street resident. Some evoke that it would be a young man with “strange” behavior, but no specific detail has yet made it possible to identify the fugitive.
The flight of the second motorist arouses incomprehension and anger in the town. “It is unacceptable to leave someone in this state and to leave like that. It’s even criminal,” said a local resident. The investigation will now have to clarify the exact circumstances of the accident, but also find and question the person on the run.
-A call to witness launched by the gendarmerie
In the hours that followed the accident, the gendarmerie of Doullens launched a call for witnesses to the inhabitants and motorists who could have crossed the path of the person on the run. The vehicle abandoned on the spot, which could contain determining elements, is being expertized by investigators.
If the individual is found, he could be prosecuted for the offense of flight and endangering the life of others, as provided for in the law. “We do everything to quickly identify this motorist, and we call anyone with information to manifest,” said a source close to the investigation.
A municipality still in shock
In Beauval, this May day marked by a serious accident will surely leave a lasting imprint. In this usually calm town, the population remains upset by the idea that an individual has been able to flee from his responsibilities in the face of such a dramatic situation. “It makes you think about road insecurity and cowardice that some people can show,” says a neighborhood shopkeeper.
Toxicological analyzes should be practiced on the victim, while the vice tightens around the fleeting motorist. It remains to be hoped that the latter can be stopped quickly to answer for his actions, so that justice is done.
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