On the A13, this Saturday, a series of pilings left one dead and 16 injured, including one in absolute emergency. Seven are in relative urgency and 8 others are more slightly injured. The two accidents took place, at 5:20 pm, in both directions of traffic (Paris-Caen and Caen-Paris) at Toutainville in the Eure, “at kilometer point 160”, indicates the prefecture of Eure in a communicated.
Slippery pavement because of the rain
Due to hail and heavy rains, pile-ups occurred between several vehicles. A total of ten vehicles are involved, five in each direction of traffic. All are light vehicles, apart from a nine-seater car in the Caen-Paris direction.
These accidents required the intervention of the firefighters of the Eure and the gendarmes of the motorized platoon of Bourg-Achard. On the A13, these pilings caused major disruptions. The situation unblocked at the end of the evening shortly after 9 p.m.