A gendarme died and another was between life and death on Tuesday after a road accident in the Landes, we learned from the prefecture, confirming information from Sud Ouest.
Collision with an agricultural tractor
According to the newspaper, several vehicles were involved in the incident, including a police car which struck a farm tractor head-on.
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The accident occurred shortly before 4:00 p.m. on a secondary road between the towns of Sabers and Solférino, northwest of Mont-de-Marsan, specifies the regional daily.