In the North, the qualification of the French football team for the semi-finals of the World Cup was bereaved by a terrible traffic accident. Shortly after 10 p.m., on the night of Saturday to Sunday, two vehicles collided in Feignies, near Valenciennes. The toll is very heavy, we learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of the North.
A very violent frontal impact
Around 10:20 p.m., significant emergency resources were sent to rue Jean-Jaurès after a Renault Twingo and a German sedan collided head-on. An extremely violent shock in circumstances that the investigation will be able to determine.
But it is the human toll that is particularly heavy. According to the firefighters, two deaths are to be deplored among the occupants of the two vehicles. A third person, transported to Valenciennes hospital, is in serious condition without it being known whether his vital prognosis is engaged.