It is a scourge that now spreads throughout the territory.
On Sunday afternoon, two teenagers were injured while participating in a wild rodeo in Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France Bleu reports.
The gendarmerie confirms to
Le Figaro
that it intervened following a “
physical accident in road traffic.
»
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The facts took place on a private road, a dead end located between the maritime port of Médoc and the departmental road 1215. "
About fifteen young people
", according to the mayor of Verdon-sur-Mer, Jacky Bidalun, were gathered in the post -noon on this road which is therefore not authorized to the public.
These were minors who "
were not from the area
", underlined the city councilor to our colleagues from France Bleu, while the gendarmerie evokes "
tourists
".
A 14-year-old in absolute emergency
The accident took place between two motorcycle drivers who were traveling in the same direction, but one of them turned around and collided with the second.
The two bikers are 14 and 16 years old and one of them was seriously injured in the pelvis and femur.
He was transported to the Pellegrin hospital in Bordeaux in a state of absolute emergency.
The second had only superficial injuries.
This is not the first time that young bikers have found themselves on this road, which worries the mayor of Verdon-sur-Mer: "
It's up to the one who goes the fastest,
the one who makes the most beautiful head tail, lift the front wheel or roll over the rear wheel, it's unfortunate because this kid is very touched.
An investigation has been opened and will have to determine in particular whether the victims were wearing a helmet at the time of the events.
This accident comes following another wild rodeo on Friday evening which seriously injured a 10-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy in Pontoise.
In response, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Monday an intensification of controls throughout France, denouncing “
criminal
” acts.
In two months, the police and the gendarmerie carried out 1,200 arrests as well as 700 seizures of motorcycles, quads or cars in connection with urban rodeos.
“
Unheard of
”, according to the Minister of the Interior.
