The trailer opens, a 19 -year -old worker dies buried by bitumen at 200 ° C

It is a dramatic work accident that took place this Tuesday in Vendée. However, Around 9:30 am. However, in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups, a young man of 19 was “buried under hot asphalt at 200 ° C,” said the firefighters of Vendée cited by our colleagues from Ouest-France.

Transported by helicopter to the Nantes university hospital center in absolute emergency, the victim unfortunately died in the afternoon.

A neighbor tells “a howling of pain” – Trailer opens, 19 -year -old

According to the daily. Meanwhile, the accident occurred while the young man worked with his colleagues in a subdivision of the town. Consequently, According to the mayor of Saint-Flaive-des-Loups, “as they returned to the road, the truck door opened”. “Normally it’s just a trailer hatch that should open,” he adds. The young man would have been burned at 60 %.

According to a local resident, quoted here Loire Ocean, the victim dropped “a howling of trailer opens, 19 -year -old pain” when she was buried. His colleagues. some of whom were in shock, tried to scratch the tar with the help of shovels to release their young colleague.

An investigation opened by the gendarmerie

Another person was injured during the accident. The 42 -year -old man, burned in both, probably wanted to extract his bitumen colleague. He was taken care of at La Roche-sur-Yon hospital.

If he was not from the town, specifies the mayor, the young man “has family in the village”.

The gendarmerie announces that “an investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the accident” under the direction of the. La Roche-sur-Yon prosecution. Labor inspection was also seized.