An elderly woman fatally hits two pedestrians aged 67 and 84 in Montauban

the essential The terrible accident occurred this Thursday, shortly before 12 noon, in Montauban. An 89-year-old driver knocked down and killed two ladies aged 67 and 84 on a pedestrian crossing. The accident upset the whole district of the media library, in Montauban. This Thursday, shortly before 12 p.m., on avenue du Père-Léonid-Chrol, between the media library and the Fobio tower, an 89-year-old motorist knocked down two ladies who were crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing located in front of the new Health center. One of them, a 67-year-old woman from Castelsarrasin died on the spot. The second victim, aged 84, was seriously injured. In cardiac arrest when help arrived, she was revived by firefighters and transported to the Montauban hospital in serious condition. The unfortunate Montalbanaise will die of her serious injuries shortly after her admission to the emergency room. According to the first elements of the investigation, it would seem that the octogenarian at the wheel of a gray Polo Volskswagen, traveling in the direction of the media library towards the city center would not have seen, or so, only at the last moment , the two victims cross the pedestrian crossing after shopping at a neighborhood supermarket. The shock was violent. Several people attended this scene which took place shortly before noon, on a busy street in Montauban. “Horrible noise” “I heard a horrible noise!”, is moved Akouh, a young tradesman at the head of a grocery store located just opposite the scene of the tragedy. When he got out, he saw the two women on the ground and the car a little further. The driver residing in Montauban backtracked. She was really shocked at the wheel. I took the ignition keys from her car away from her because she wanted to restart. As if she didn’t realize what had just happened. I knew one of the two victims who sometimes came to the grocery store. She lived in the buildings of Beausoleil, located near here, “says the young trader. The neighborhood hairdresser also intervened. “I had just finished styling a client’s hair. We were chatting outside the living room. The shock must have been terrible. I saw a body that was thrown in the air before falling back onto the road. My client ran towards the victims to put them in a lateral safety position, while I warned the emergency services.” Distracted? Small groups of residents formed, each going their own way. “She must have been distracted and could not react”, supposes a passerby. Workers from neighboring construction sites also came running. Traffic was cut off on the avenue for the time of the findings. For the time being, no hypothesis has been put forward by the investigators Police officers from the Montauban police station are continuing their investigations to clarify the exact circumstances of the tragedy.Alcohol tests have proved negative.
The emergency services transported the driver to the Montauban hospital center, visibly disturbed. “Frankly, it’s sad to die like that. We are no longer even safe on a pedestrian crossing. We have to be extremely careful,” says a mother.