Essonne: a paramedic dies in a traffic accident on the N20

A traffic accident claimed the life of a motorist, Wednesday evening, around 11:30 p.m., on the N20, in the province-Paris direction, on the border between the municipalities of Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon and Avrainville (Essonne).

Alcohol, speed, carelessness or driving, the gendarmes will have to determine why a heavy truck traveling empty and two cars, including an ambulance, collided.

The photo published on Twitter by the departmental council of Essonne testifies to the violence of the shock.

In the twilight of the night, the photo shows a heavily damaged ambulance, the roof cut by the firefighters to extricate its occupants.

"A Parisian ambulance driver lost his life in this accident," testifies a source close to the investigation.

The passenger is seriously injured.

She was taken to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne).

“In the other car, a serious injury is also to be deplored.

The N20 cut for three hours

To allow emergency services to intervene, i.e. 21 firefighters from the Essonne departmental fire and rescue service, traffic was cut off from Mauchamps for nearly three hours and a diversion was put in place by the agents. of the departmental council. This Thursday morning, the slow lane was still neutralized because of the heavy vehicle which was still awaiting evacuation.

Deemed dangerous, the N20 has been in the sights of the Department for many years.

"We are doing everything to divert heavy goods vehicles from the N20 as much as possible and redirect them to the A10 motorway," assures the departmental councilor and mayor of Saint-Yon, Alexandre Touzet (without label).

For speed, a limit of 70 km / h has been put in place.

There remains the question of parking at night, the Department has no police power.

This comes back to the state.

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