Yvelines: at least two dead in a spectacular accident on the A 13 motorway

Traffic on the A 13 motorway and on the roads of the Seine valley is severely disrupted on Monday noon. An accident, involving five vehicles, including a heavy goods vehicle, which occurred around 10 a.m. near Aubergenville in the direction Paris-province, was the cause of the disturbances. Because of these difficulties, all the axes of the sector are saturated.

[LIVE] ⚠️ Traffic accident on the A13 near Aubergenville. Emergency services @ firefighters78 🚒 are on site. PL across tracks. Traffic strongly impacted. Let the emergency vehicles pass 🚒🚑🚓 pic.twitter.com/ATlgvs66Qj

For now, the results are not yet definitively established. Rescuers are always at work to free the victims. Significant relief resources are deployed on site, in particular around thirty firefighters to extricate the victims, but also medical teams from the Samu des Yvelines. "There are several victims, including at least two dead and four lightly injured," says one in the prefecture.

#Accident on # A13 near Aubergenville.
The balance sheet shows 2 dead and 4 injured. # InfoTrafic pic.twitter.com/VIOnauZrgv

While traveling in the direction of Paris-province, a dump truck suddenly crossed the central reservation, carrying the safety rails in its path, before ending its mad race on the side, not far from the area. commercial. One of the cars driving in the opposite direction was hit head-on and completely crushed by the heavy truck. "She ended up under the wheels of the machine, two occupants lost their lives," continues the prefecture. The wounded were evacuated to the Pompidou hospital and the Poissy hospital center. Three other vehicles were also involved in the collision.

The heavy truck driver's sleep could be the cause of this tragedy

The firefighters are still busy around the crashed vehicle, looking for possible other victims. "An investigation is underway to determine the causes of this accident but the drowsiness of the driver of the truck could be the cause of this tragedy", specifies a source close to the case.

The A 13 motorway is not closed to traffic but due to the accident, road traffic is severely disrupted in both directions where lanes have been neutralized. Suddenly significant slowdowns formed. The return to normal should take place in the afternoon.