Le Figaro Nice
A driver in his fifties made an impressive exit from the road on Thursday in the town of Belvédère (Alpes-Maritimes), located in the hinterland of Nice.
His vehicle fell nearly 150 meters into a ravine after a turn, reported the gendarmerie and the departmental fire and rescue service.
Supported by around twenty firefighters including those from the research and intervention group in dangerous environments (Grimp), the man was able to be extracted from the passenger compartment alive but seriously injured, it is specified in
Figaro
.
To recover him in this winding area, emergency services were supported by the Civil Security helicopter, “Dragon 06”.
The victim was transported to Pasteur hospital in Nice.
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Disturbing disappearance
A report of a worrying disappearance was filed by his family on Tuesday evening.
The first searches within a radius of 20 kilometers around the village initially yielded nothing.
Thanks to the use of video surveillance cameras, the gendarmes ended up seeing his trace.
This is how they discovered the vehicle below this ravine.
Although the specialist firefighters were able to access the location on foot where the badly damaged vehicle was located after having rolled down the slope, they nevertheless needed air support to evacuate the victim.
A perilous operation.
The fifty-year-old would have remained stuck for almost 40 hours between the moment of his disappearance, his fall and his location.
An investigation carried out by the Puget-Théniers gendarmerie company is still underway to try to determine the causes of this accident and to find out in particular whether the man could have been under the influence of alcohol or narcotics when he took the flying.