“He was on the roof of the car.
We couldn't see well.
It was still dark.
The car was sinking.
He was screaming that his friends were trapped inside.
We threw a buoy at him and pulled him to the dock ”.
This Saturday, Nina was traumatized by the terrible night she lived.
This woman who lives with her family in a barge, permanently moored in Port Debilly (16th century), right bank, at the foot of the Trocadéro gardens, facing the Eiffel Tower, was woken up by a tragedy.
A Fiat 500 fell into the Seine with four young people on board.
Three of the victims, hospitalized, were between life and death Saturday.
The accident took place at 6:15 am.
The driver who had ventured into Port Debilly, although it was forbidden to access, would have tried to turn around on this very narrow quay.
The car then allegedly struck a bollard, a mooring terminal for boats and then tipped over into the Seine.
“It was the cries of distress that woke us up,” says Nina.
The youngster cried out that he couldn't swim ”.
Muddy water at 18 ° where visibility is one meter maximum in depth
“We called for help,” continues the 40-year-old.
The police from the River Brigade were there in 5 minutes ”.
While the Zodiacs position themselves and the divers try to get the victims out of muddy water at 18 ° where the visibility is a maximum of one meter in depth, Nina and her family took care of the young man.
“We gave him a plaid.
He was frozen, panicked imagining his friends trapped in the carcass, upset.
He was crying ".
At 6:27 am, the river divers took a first victim out of the car.
At 6.30 am, a second victim.
At 6:34 am, the third.
The three young people who failed to extricate themselves from the vehicle were the driver and the passengers in the back of the three-door mini.
The three friends, in cardio-respiratory arrest, were transported by firefighters to the intensive care units of three Parisian hospitals with a vital prognosis.
The river frogmen did a full survey of the vehicle, to make sure there were no other casualties, and climbed back up.
The car was then taken out of the water by the Fluviale tug, with the assistance of police officers from the STJA (Legal Accident Treatment Service), responsible for the investigation.
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The drama was filmed by the barge's video surveillance cameras.
The images were seized by investigators.
Port Debilly is “unfortunately a place where young people come to party,” regrets Nina.
We have already warned the police, the city of Paris, the port of Paris ”.
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"The four victims were under the influence of cannabis and alcohol," said a police source.
This Saturday afternoon, leaving the hospital, the parents of the young man came, with their son, to thank Nina and her family.
And see the scene of the drama by day.
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