The shock was unheard of.
During the night from Monday to Tuesday, a motorist traveling in a van hit head-on a pedestrian, who was on the A1, near Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) , in the sense of the province of Paris.
The driver, who mowed him down, did feel an impact but did not perceive that he had hit a person.
However, he immediately notified the emergency services.
They were the ones who informed him that it was a woman.
This Tuesday, the victim was still not identified.
She was not carrying any papers with her.
It was not either a driver, who would have dismounted after a breakdown.
No parked vehicle was found nearby.
What was she doing in such a dangerous and incongruous place at 3:30 in the morning?
Impossible to know at this stage of the investigation.
This was entrusted to the Nord Île-de-France motorway CRS, which is responsible for this portion of the A1.
The woman was dressed in dark colored clothes and on this section, where cars are traveling at over 90 km / h, death for a pedestrian is certain.
“It is estimated that a pedestrian struck at 50 km / h is equivalent to falling from the 4th floor, indicates a police source.
Studies have also shown that on a highway, a pedestrian's chances of survival do not exceed 20 minutes.
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Many pedestrians on the highway
The A1 motorway is also the busiest axis in Europe.
Despite these relentless statistics, road safety specialists deplore that the unwary are relatively numerous to venture there.
“Every week, we collect people on foot from the highway, day and night.
Either they go home because they live nearby or they go to work and cut through the highway to take a shortcut.
Some, too, are alcoholic.
We are also helping elderly people who are lost.
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Fortunately, the police officers of the highway CRS are very reactive and manage to recover them before a tragedy does not occur.
For this, they set up a movable plug, which will stop the traffic, and quickly get the survivor into their van.
"We save their lives", loose this policeman.
In shock, the driver, who ran over the woman last night, was initially taken into police custody.
He did not present any blood alcohol level, nor any trace of narcotics.
He was released.
"The investigation is continuing to identify the victim and elucidate the circumstances of the accident," said the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
