A
“violent accident”
left two dead on Saturday evening when a vehicle going the wrong way on the A68 motorway collided head-on with another near Toulouse, firefighters said.
“A vehicle going against the flow collided with another head-on
,” explained a communications officer from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS).
The person hit was 23 years old.
The driver who was driving in the wrong direction, whose age is not specified by the SDIS, was in his seventies according to the regional daily
Dépêche du Midi
.
The accident took place near Castelmaurou.
Three other vehicles were hit but the drivers were unhurt.