There were only minors in the car.
Terrible ! Yes, the balance sheet is terrible after the accident in the form of loss of control which occurred, at 4:17 am on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in Gourdon, on the departmental 980, namely the road to Mâcon, between Montceau Les Mines and Mont Saint-Vincent.
According to the information brought to our attention, a car refused to comply on a police check in Montceau les Mines. The driver fled towards Gourdon and was the victim of a loss of control. The car made several barrels.
More than twenty firefighters were dispatched on the spot under the command of Lieutenant Jacky Jatocha, as well as two SMUR teams. The toll is terrible: despite the efforts of the emergency services, a 13 -year -old boy was declared deceased. A 15 -year -old was seriously injured. Classified as an absolute emergency, he was transported to the hospital of Montceau les Mines. Three young people aged 15, for one, 15 years old for a second and 13 years for the third, were injured but not too seriously. They were divided between the hospitals of Montceau les Mines, Le Creusot and Chalon sur Saône.
The accident in the gendarmerie zone, it was the soldiers who started the investigation that will take place with the police. According to first information, the five occupants of the car are domiciled in the mining basin.
The results of this traffic accident is doubly terrifying, since a 13 -year -old young teenager lost his life. But also terrifying, because how did minors under the age of 16 have come to take a car and flee. On the eve of the end of the school year, many questions arise.
Prefecture press release (8:01 am)
This morning, around 5 a.m., in the town of Gourdon, a traffic accident occurred in circumstances, which remain to be clarified. Five minors of about 15 years old, including the driver, are involved. The vehicle, followed remotely by the police, has left a road. It is to deplore a death and four injured from Montceau-lès-Mines. A judicial investigation is open.
