He gets out of his Peugeot Boxer all smiles, giving his thumbs up.
After seven months without a car, Yaya Sow, self-employed in the construction industry, finally found the vehicle of his dreams to get to his construction sites.
As we told in August 2023, this Guinean, based in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), chased the author of a fatal accident and threw his Renault Mégane against that of the driver to stop him.
Handed over to the police, the 42-year-old man who fatally struck a 76-year-old woman was sentenced on appeal on February 16 to three years in prison.
“I told myself that if this happened to my mother, I would have liked someone to act like I did.
But after the accident, my car was dead.
To go to the construction sites, I asked my friends, it was complicated,” he testifies.
His insurance had applied the rules to the letter.
Author of the shock, Yaya Sow could not be compensated.
No matter his heroic gesture.
He has since… changed insurer!
Faced with this administrative coldness, a fund was launched to help him buy another vehicle.
“I found it so unfair that he couldn't even go to work anymore,” recalls Cathy Meunier, who, moved by this story, launched this outpouring of solidarity.
Thanks to donations from 723 people, 13,000 euros were raised.
Yaya Sow was able to purchase his utility vehicle, 142,000 km on the clock, from a garage in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), pay for his insurance and equip the vehicle.
“I can never thank enough all these people who generously participated,” greets the man who has since… changed insurer!
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“He's not very big and usually very quiet.
We never thought he would act like this!
»teases his friend and work colleague, Alhassane Kourouma.
“But even today, we show him as an example.”
Since his act of citizenship, Yaya Sow has become the very discreet hero of the Guinean community of Limoges.