A 15-year-old teenager died on Monday evening behind the wheel of the tractor he was driving on a departmental road near Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique). The accident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. in Montrelais. The craft overturned on him, according to the gendarmerie and firefighters.
“The youngster lost control of the tractor on departmental D723 in a descent. The trailer, which was carrying around ten tonnes of rapeseed, picked up too much speed and the young man lost control of the vehicle, "the Ancenis gendarmerie company said.
The cabin torn off
“The whole thing fell into a ditch, there is a slope of five to six meters at this location. The cabin he was in was ripped off and the tractor almost rolled over. The young man had died when help arrived, "said the gendarmerie.
The day before, a similar drama had occurred in Haute-Loire. The driver of a tractor and his passenger, a 12-year-old boy, were killed in the late afternoon in the accidental overturning of the machine.
