Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the surrounding vegetation.
According to our colleagues from France 3 Rhône-Alpes, the firefighters of Haute-Savoie intervened on the morning of this Monday on the A41, at the Ripaille rest area near Annecy, for an accident of the circulation.
At around eleven o'clock in the morning, a truck hit a security barrier before catching fire.
The driver died.
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The truck driver who was transporting gravel reportedly lost control of his vehicle and died inside during the fire.
A fairly substantial rescue device has been deployed.
Several ambulances and a fire engine are on site.
This noon the intervention was still in progress, but the fire was extinguished and did not spread to the surrounding vegetation.
At this point, the exact circumstances of this fatal accident are still unknown.
