It was to be a day of celebration. Saturday, a driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a crowd present for a wedding in Cléry-Saint-André (Loiret), injuring ten people, we learned from the firefighters, specifying that the Novi plan (many victims) was triggered.
⚠️Very serious traffic accident on the RD 951 in Cléry Saint André.
An important emergency system is in place 🚨
Avoid the downtown area so as not to interfere with the work of the emergency services. pic.twitter.com/HLKMnzzwbF
— Loiret Firefighters (@SDIS45) June 10, 2023
Around 14 p.m., in this town of 3,400 inhabitants about twenty minutes southwest of Orleans, the driver "of a Renault Clio type vehicle lost control and came to hit a crowd that was leaving a wedding in front of the town hall of Cléry-Saint-André," said the emergency services to AFP, confirming information from local media.
70 firefighters mobilized
"There are two AU (absolute emergency) and eight UR (relative emergency) and 50 involved, with people shocked or who fell," the source added. France 3, which quotes the prefecture, specifies that a third person was taken care of in absolute emergency.
About 70 firefighters were on site to set up the evacuations and a dozen vehicles are present at the scene of the accident, as well as three advanced medical posts. The Novi plan (Many victims) was activated around 15:30 p.m., according to the same source.
