An accident involving a passenger vehicle and a tanker left four dead Monday evening July 26 on a departmental in Roye (Somme), the prefecture announced in a press release.
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Around 8:30 p.m.,
"a fatal accident occurred on the RD 930 near Roye, involving"
a car and a truck
"which was carrying 24 tonnes of vinyl acetate
,
"
the prefecture said.
"The current toll"
is four people who died
"in the car and one injured, the driver of the truck, supported by firefighters,"
she added, specifying that the circumstances of the accident were not yet known.
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The departmental fire and rescue service
"is mobilized to secure the area of the accident by throwing a carpet of foam to avoid any risk of fire or explosion"
.