VIDEO. A minute of silence observed at the National Assembly after the death of three police officers in the North and a nurse at the CHU de Reims

A tribute to the police officers who died in response to a traffic accident in the North, and to the nurse killed on the grounds of the CHU de Reims. At the National Assembly, a minute of silence was observed on Tuesday, May 23, “in recognition of the public service agents who work on a daily basis with exemplary dedication to the service of citizens and the general interest”declared the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet.

Four people, including three young police officers, died in a road accident at Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Nord) on Sunday, and two people were seriously injured. The accident took place while police-rescue officials were accompanying a victim, a minor, to the hospital, France Télévisions had learned on Sunday morning from a police source. According to the first elements of the investigation, the vehicle which struck that of the police officers was driving in the wrong direction. The driver, who tested positive for alcohol and cannabis, died and the vital prognosis of a passenger remained engaged, late Sunday afternoon.

On Monday, two employees of the Reims University Hospital (Marne), a medical secretary and a nurse, were stabbed by a 59-year-old man in the hospital. The seriously injured nurse, whose name was Carène and was 38 years old, was taken care of by several surgeons in the operating room. She eventually succumbed to her injuries.