The head-on collision took place in the town of Savignac-les-Ormeaux.
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Six people, including two minors, were killed on Friday in a traffic accident in Savignac-les-Ormeaux, near Ax-les-Thermes, learned France Bleu Occitanie from the mayor of the town. There are also four injured, two of them in absolute emergency.
The accident took place around 3 p.m. this Friday on the RN20, a head-on collision, reports France Bleu Occitanie. “The human toll is absolutely dramatic“, deplores the director of cabinet of the prefect of Ariège Guillaume Afonso and specifies that two minors are among the victims, “died in absolutely atrocious conditions“.
– Among the victims, there are two minors announces the director of cabinet of the Prefect of Ariège ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/LUZq1hqQ45
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Many firefighters were sent to the scene, as was a helicopter, which landed on the road around 4 p.m. The injured were airlifted to Purpan hospital in Toulouse. “A manslaughter investigation has been opened“and the Foix research brigade was seized, said Amélie Robin, deputy prosecutor at the Foix prosecutor’s office. “All investigations are underway to understand how this tragedy could have happened, to determine the precise circumstances of the accident.and identify the victims, she added.
Traffic was interrupted in both directions on the N20 for several hours on Friday, involving major traffic disruptions, especially in the Andorra / Foix direction, indicates Bison Futé. The traffic lanes were reopened in the evening.
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