Dramatic scene on Boulevard Jean-Allemane, in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise).
A traffic accident occurred this Monday around noon.
A 63-year-old woman died after being run over by a heavy goods vehicle.
The Val-d'Oise firefighters and the Argenteuil Smur were unable to revive the victim.
The Smur doctor declared the death during the intervention which lasted more than 3 hours.
The scene occurred not very far from the Monoprix store.
The sixty-year-old was alone and probably had to cross the road.
The investigation is still ongoing, but it appears at this stage that the driver of the truck did not see this pedestrian.
These were witnesses who hailed it when it passed under its wheels.
That's when he would have realized something bad had happened.
The driver negative for alcohol and drugs
He stopped his vehicle then reversed to remove the body.
A caregiver who passed near the accident site attempted to perform first aid.
The driver of the vehicle was in good standing.
His drug and alcohol tests came back negative.
Shocked, he was transported by emergency services to Argenteuil hospital.
This tragedy comes a week after another fatal accident in Argenteuil.
A 60-year-old man was hit by a dump truck on the Pontoise road on Monday morning.
Stopped at a traffic light, the driver would have restarted when it turned green.
He would not have seen the pedestrian who was crossing at the same time.
In Île-de-France, during the year 2023, 29.9% of road deaths were pedestrians.
Half of the victims were over 65 years old.