The driver of a Ford Mondeo is in care at the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne), this Wednesday afternoon. He was helicoptered there in absolute emergency, after a pile-up of which he was one of the victims, around 9 am, on the N 104, at Combs-la-Ville, towards Essonne. The accident, which involved four trucks and two light vehicles, caused kilometers of traffic jams all morning on the Francilienne.
Traffic was cut off in both directions, in particular to allow the rescue helicopter to land. Deviations have been put in place. Traffic did not return to normal until mid-afternoon.
A truck would have braked too late
According to preliminary findings, the cause of these chain collisions is due to the late braking of a tanker truck registered in Spain. The latter first hit the Ford Mondeo. The rear of the vehicle was pulverized under the violence of the impact. In the accident, a Peugeot 208 was caught between two trucks. She was crushed.
Luckily, his driver escaped with minor injuries. It could have been much more serious. Apart from diesel and oil leaks due to the collision, the contents of the tanker truck - orange juice - did not spill onto the roadway.
Of Spanish nationality, its driver was placed in custody, in Champigny-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne), at the command post of the CRS motorway est-Ile-de-France, which was in charge of the investigation. It must determine why the truck driver braked late and whether or not he committed a fault. He was screened. They were negative, but more thorough blood samples also needed to be taken.