Two minors, a boy and a girl, riding a scooter in Lyon, died Monday evening August 22 after being hit by a private ambulance, said the Rhône firefighters.
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We were called at 6:20 p.m. for a scooter accident hit by a private ambulance (...) When we arrived on the scene, the two people, who were riding the same scooter at the time of the accident, were stopped cardiac
“, explained to AFP a head of the department’s firefighters, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Progrès
.
“
They died quickly
,” said the officer, who said they were an underage boy and girl but could not specify their ages.
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The accident occurred at 5 Quai du Maréchal Joffre in the second arrondissement of Lyon.
The victims "
were traveling on a bus lane and the ambulance that hit them was going to intervene
," he said.
The driver of this one, as well as his colleague, were transported to the hospital Édouard Herriot "
because they were in a state of shock
", concluded this same source.