A fatal road accident in the town of Orist, on the edge of Saint-Lon-les-Mines this night, in the Landes. Around one o’clock in the morning, a van left the road on departmental 33. His vehicle hit a tree and caught fire..The driver died.
Work van on fire as firefighters arrive
Firefighters were called around 1 a.m. They then think to intervene for a van on fire on the side of the road, it was in fact an accident. Inside the vehicle, which looked like a professional van, they discover the driver’s body, completely charred.
The emergency services, who arrived at 12 on the spot, first extinguished the fire. The gendarmerie then intervened to try to identify the body, despite its condition.