Lot-et-Garonne: violent exit from the road for a father and his son, the helicopter-borne biker in absolute emergency

the essential A traffic accident occurred this Sunday, September 11, at the end of the afternoon, in the town of Montesqieu. A motorcyclist made a violent exit from the road. He was airlifted to Bordeaux. A traffic accident occurred this Sunday, September 11, around 6:30 p.m., in the town of Montesquieu, about twenty kilometers from Agen, involving a single motorcycle. For a still unknown reason, a biker lost control of his machine, carrying out a violent swerve on the bamboo road. He was riding the motorcycle with his son. Very quickly, a large rescue system was deployed, in particular teams of firefighters from the barracks of Bruch and Port Sainte-Marie. Evacuated to Bordeaux The pilot of the motorcycle, aged around forty, was taken care of in priority by the emergency doctors of the Smur 47. In view of his condition, his evacuation by helicopter was requested. The motorcyclist was medicalized on the spot. A few minutes later, a helicopter landed nearby in a field to take care of the injured who was evacuated in absolute urgency to Bordeaux. The passage, injured more slightly, was transported to the hospital center of Agen in order to undergo control examinations. According to our information, the pilot and his son come from the Aiguillon sector. The gendarmes of the Lot-et-Garonne group made the usual findings in order to determine the circumstances of this road accident. The mayor of the town, Alain Polo, also visited the scene.