A deadly accident occurred this Wednesday around 2 p.m. Porte de la Villette in Paris, Place Auguste-Baron, at the level of the crack camp. According to the police headquarters, “a person rushed under the wheels of a mixer truck, which could not avoid it”. Firefighters say the victim is a woman. Rescuers were unable to resuscitate her.
According to the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of public and environmental health, the victim was a drug user. The elected official challenges the new prefect of police Laurent Nunez on Twitter to promote better care for drug users, with the development in particular of “lower-risk consumption rooms”.
The judicial accident processing service is seized of the investigation.