A mother and three injured children near Toulouse

And grave accident traffic occurred at the François Mitterrand esplanade, near the station in Colomiers (Haute-Garonne), Friday July 25, 2025 at the end of the afternoon. Shortly after 4.30 p.m., many firefighters were called to rescue a femme and its Three childrenaged of 10, 12 and 13 years oldwhose car had just been struck by a flight driver.

The Mercedes driver strikes them then fled

Concordant sources, a 4 × 4 Mercedes brand very violently struck A car aboard which this family was, whose four members had to be taken to Purpan Hospitalthe mother and one of her children being more seriously affected, after having made barrels. The dad was also on site.

The man behind the wheel of the Mercedes has fledabandoning his vehicle at the scene of the accident. Actively sought By police in the Colomiers sector, it was still this Saturday morning, according to a source close to the investigation. Friday evening, he was dressed of a black t-shirt and a short vert.

After a refusal to comply

The first elements of the investigation suggest that this individual was riding very tightly in Colomiers after committing A refusal to comply Following a big speed On the ring road in Toulouse, which had put the police after it.

Shortly after the facts, another individual would have presented himself on the premises as being The vehicle rental company involved in the accident, before retract. Was the Mercedes, registered in Germany, really rented? And by whom? This is (among others) what investigators seek to know …

16 firefighters and four ambulances on site

Of big means were deployed on site on Friday. In total, firefighters Rescue centers of Colomiers, Aussonne and Toulouse-Atlanta were dispatched aboard five devices (four ambulances and a road rescue vehicle). They received the reinforcement of FIND. The police were also in number on site: several crews of policebut also of the gendarmerie company of Concern.

_{With David Saint-Sernin}

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