Four young men aged 20 and 21, occupants of the same car, died Saturday morning in a road accident in the center of Bayonne, we learned from the firefighters, the prosecution and the town hall.
Alerted at 5 a.m., the firefighters and the SMUR extricated three of the victims.
They could not do anything to save all the occupants, who died instantly.
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Traveling in the direction of Biarritz-Bayonne, their vehicle “
hit a palm tree on the central reservation then climbed on the trunk before ending up on the roof completely crushed.
They had to go quickly
, ”detailed AFP the mayor of the city, Jean-René Etchegaray, who went there as well as the prosecutor.
“
An accident like this is extremely rare
,” he said.
The compact sedan was registered in the Dordogne, according to the city councilor.
An investigation is underway to determine the identity of the victims, as well as the circumstances of the tragedy.
Investigators were on site to take readings of the vehicle and collect testimony.