They were playing tag on the esplanade.
Two children were mowed down by a motorcycle on Friday August 5 at the foot of the towers in the Hauts de Marcouville district in Pontoise (Val-d'Oise).
The tragedy occurred between 9:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. between buildings 3 and 10, in the heart of the residence.
Arrived immediately on the spot, the firefighters took care of the two victims, a 10-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy.
The driver of the motorcycle, unharmed, had fled.
The little girl, suffering from a very serious head trauma, was transported to the Necker hospital (Paris XVe), she was in absolute emergency.
This Saturday, while she was taken care of by the medical team, her vital prognosis was still engaged.
An investigation is underway
The second victim, also very seriously injured, was first taken to the Pontoise hospital center before being finally redirected to Amiens (Somme).
The boy suffers from an open fracture at the level of the tibia and the fibula.
His condition seemed stabilized the day after the events.
A police investigation has been opened to determine the exact circumstances of this terrible accident.
Officers are on the weekend bridge to identify the culprit.
A priori, a single motorcycle would be the cause of the two shocks.
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In the district of Marcouville, the whole population is in shock.
On social networks, we share his emotion.
"It's so sad", repeat the inhabitants.
Urban rodeos are unfortunately, here as in other urban neighborhoods, a recurring phenomenon when the good weather returns.
"That's why especially in spring or summer, I almost never walked with my little one, I was afraid of all that, one day it was bound to happen...", testifies a father.
