one person killed, three others in absolute emergency, after an accident on the A104 motorway

“One person has died, three people are in a state of absolute emergency and ten other people are injured”after a pileup at the end of the morning on Saturday May 25 between ten vehicles on the exterior A104 motorway, in Seine-et-Marne, indicates in a press release the Meaux public prosecutor’s office to franceinfo, confirming information from the Parisian.

The accident occurred near Villeparisis, in the direction of the N2, indicates the prefecture on social networks. The outer A104, closed for a few hours, reopened at the end of the afternoon between Saint-Thibault des Vignes and Villeparisis, according to the Sytadin website.

According to the first elements of the investigation, “a heavy goods vehicle driver would have fallen asleep at the wheel of his truck, thus colliding with the light vehicle in front of him and leading to chain collisions”, indicates the prosecution. The driver is in custody for “homicide and unintentional injury by driver” and tested negative for drugs and alcohol.