The accident happened this morning shortly before 7:30 am, route du Mans (D323) at the exit of La Flèche. The young man who was driving a moped was struck by a car. He died of his injuries. The La Flèche gendarmerie brigade opened an investigation to find out the circumstances of the accident.
According to our colleagues from Maine Libre, the young moped driver wanted to turn right at a crossroads but he would have slipped on a patch of ice. The cyclo would have ended up in the left lane when a car was coming in front. The driver was unable to avoid the collision.