The toll is rising on the roads of Hauts-de-Seine. Thursday night, a 22-year-old man lost his life while riding a motorcycle in Clamart.
The accident occurred shortly before 23 p.m. while the victim was driving on Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle with two other bikers. According to the initial findings made on the spot and according to the testimonies of the two men who accompanied him, the victim would have lost control of his two-wheeler, hit a median and ended his race in a road sign.
The victim would not have had time to fall back after overtaking
An investigation has been launched to determine the exact circumstances of the accident. But excessive speed could explain the tragedy. The young man, who was wearing his helmet, seems to have lost control of his motorcycle while overtaking at high speed. "He overtook a car but he would not have had time to perform his maneuver to fall back and he hit the median," said a police source. As of Friday, the results of toxicological analyses were not yet known.
Just three weeks ago, a 31-year-old man was also killed on a two-wheeler, in Garches, also in the south of the department. The man who was returning from his rugby club in Vaucresson was returning home to Boulogne-Billancourt. He had lost control of his scooter on the road, before sliding on a central island and colliding with the roundabout.
