A 19 -year -old dies buried under hot tar, an open investigation

While he was participating in redoing the road from a district of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups (Vendée). Similarly, a 19-year-old man was covered with burning tar. Furthermore, Helporte to a CHU, he died of his injuries.

A serious accident at work. Consequently, A worker died this Tuesday. Consequently, July 15 in the town of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups (Vendée) after being buried under burning tar, announced the gendarmerie with our colleagues by Loire Ocean.

According to the local media. Meanwhile, the 19 -year -old man worked on the site repairing a subdivision of a subdivision when a truck, full of hot bitumen at 200 ° C, did not see it and buried it.

A resident of the neighborhood. assistant to the mayor of the city told the scene to here Loire Ocean: after hearing several cries around 9:30 am, she runs on the spot and discovers the pile of tar. “Almost everyone took 19 -year -old dies buried shovels and did everything to get out and save him,” says Agathe.

The young worker. released from under the asphalt, was first helicoptered to the Nantes University Hospital before succumbing to his injuries in the afternoon.

“His head came out of bitumen” – 19 -year -old dies buried

After the accident. the whole site and the witnesses of the scene were “in shock” assures Agathe.

“I saw a lot of things, but there, I still find it hard to talk about it. I saw him in the distance, and there was only his head that came out of the bitumen”.

A second worker was also burned with both hands and was transported to the La Roche-sur-Yon hospital. He is 42 years old.

A gendarmerie investigation, opened by the La Roche-sur-Yon prosecution, is underway. The labor inspectorate was also seized according to our colleagues. The mayor of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups himself assured that he did not know the exact circumstances of 19 -year -old dies buried this accident.