By William Laurens
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updated on 11 Nov 23 at 12:43
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UPDATE 12:15 p.m.. Added details on the circumstances of the accident and the death of one of the drivers.
A serious accident occurred on the inner ring road of Toulouse, Friday November 10, 2023 evening, near the junction with the A64 motorway towards Muret, before the Oncopole exit. A motorist is dead, violently hit by a driver who had taken the ring road against the direction.
Head-on accident after a wrong-way traffic on the ring road
THE frontal impact was extremely violent. At around 11 p.m., a car, at the wheel of which was a 33 year old womanwho was therefore driving in the wrong direction on the ring road, collided head-on with a vehicle traveling normally, driven by a 54 year old man. And the human toll is very heavy.
The 54-year-old motorist died
Transported to hospital in absolute emergency by the firefighters, the two drivers were evacuated towards the Vital emergency reception service by Purpan.
But the fifty-year-old, who was extricated and had to be medically treated before being evacuated, unfortunately did not did not survive his injuries. He is died in hospitalindicates this Saturday, at midday, a source close to the investigation at Toulouse News.
The wrong-way driver was drunk
However, the driver’s life would no longer be in danger. She was placed in custody this Saturday morning, in order to be heard by investigators. According to our information, she would have taken the wheel in a drunken statewithout us knowing, to this day, precisely his blood alcohol level.
Traffic interrupted on the ring road
Thirteen firefighters from the Toulouse-Delrieu and Colomiers centers were quickly dispatched by the SDIS to the scene of the accident.
Traffic was stopped part of the night on the two left lanes, to allow emergency services to carry out extrication operations.
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