“It's as if the sky has fallen on our heads.
How can such a drama happen in the morning while going to school?
Like Sonia, still in shock this Thursday at 4:30 pm, the parents of students at Le-Nôtre in Ormesson are living a nightmare.
While accompanying his 7-year-old son to school, a father was struck down on the sidewalk by a car that suddenly accelerated for no reason in this one-way street.
Despite 40 minutes of on-site treatment, the man succumbed to his head injuries.
Her son, injured in the collarbone, was taken to Henri-Mondor hospital in Créteil but his life is not in danger.
Psychologists intervened all day long in the school where the boy studies in CE1, with his classmates and teachers.
The driver heard by the police
It is not known for the moment why the car, an automatic BMW, which descended the small rue Guynemer which leads to the school from the departmental 111, was thus carried away.
The driver, a 58-year-old woman who herself had two children in the back, was heard during the day at the Chennevières police station, responsible for the investigation.
"She was neither under the influence of alcohol nor under that of narcotics", indicates a source close to the investigation.
Placed in custody, as the procedure always requires in this kind of fatal accident, the driver would have assured that "the engine of the car was carried away", that she "tried to brake without succeeding, including with the handbrake ”.
"Three cars were destroyed because the shock was so violent"
“We heard the sound of an engine, the acceleration was very strong, then was followed by a huge shock, says the neighbor where the father and his son were treated.
His car first crashed into a vehicle on the left, then mowed down the daddy on the right sidewalk.
Three cars in all were destroyed because the shock was so violent, this force was incredible.
Afterwards, everyone did everything they had to, but for the poor man, it was too late.
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As soon as the accident took place, the little boy was taken to the warmth of this inhabitant's living room, where his mother joined him as soon as she could.
"Obviously we think of them, of this terrible shock", expresses in a blank voice Marie-Christine Ségui, the mayor (LR) of Ormesson.
The chosen one immediately went there and saw that the little one was conscious.
“He was in pain, he told us and he was necessarily confused.
He had not yet understood the scale of the drama.
We are all stunned by what happened.
"
The neighbors were able to keep the schoolboy away from the garage, which was opened in an emergency to try to treat his father.
"We did everything we could, including immediate cardiac massage, but his injuries were too serious," laments the municipal police officer who was monitoring the surroundings of the school this Thursday morning with two other colleagues.
The vehicle, placed under seal, will be the subject of an in-depth expertise
"The neighborhood is not at all dangerous, we feel safe there in the morning when we take the children," assures a grandmother who came to pick up her grandchildren.
On the other hand, some accelerate hard to cross the secondary road, perhaps with the heavy rain, the car has skidded.
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Was the driver in question also taking two children to the Le-Nôtre school?
In any case, the automatic BMW she was driving was very recent.
The vehicle has been placed under seal and will be subject to in-depth expertise.
The town hall is worried about the psychological impact of such a tragedy.
In addition to the presence of psychologists at school, who came thanks to national education, other support is offered to everyone: residents, parents, children, anyone shocked.
With Samu and Henri-Mondor hospital, this emergency medico-psychological unit will be open to everyone this Friday.
Emergency psychological cell. Open this Friday October 2 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jules-Ferry room, at 180, avenue Olivier-d'Ormesson. People who feel the need can go there free of charge and without an appointment, or benefit from listening at 01.45.17.95.66. An email can also be sent to camp.samu94@aphp.fr
