Bus and truck crash in France: A piece of metal pierced a fuel tank.

Posted on October 26, 2015 by bill

Puisseguin : une pièce métallique a “transpercé” un réservoir du camion

par Rédaction de France Info lundi 26 octobre 2015

Les carcasses du camion et l’autocar impliqués dans l’accident survenu vendredi à Puisseguin (Gironde) ont été dégagés de la route lundi matin. © Reuters

Le procureur de Libourne a donné lundi des précisions sur l’accident de Puisseguin (Gironde) qui a fait 43 morts vendredi. Le camion impliqué s’est d’abord “déporté sur la voie de gauche”. Puis sous le choc avec l’autocar, une pièce métallique a “perforé” un de ses réservoirs, provoquant à un embrasement rapide.

The chief official of the police in Libourne gave some more exact details on the accident at Puisseguin (Gironde) near Bordeaux which caused 43 deaths on Friday last. The truck first “moved on to the left lane”. Then under the crash with the bus a piece of metal “perforated” one of it’s fuel tanks, provoking a rapid flareup.   

Que s’est-il exactement passé vendredi matin lors de l’accident de Puisseguin en Gironde ? Le procureur de la République de Libourne a tenu une conférence de presse lundi pour donner de nouveaux élements sur la collision entre un camion et un autocar qui a coûté la vie à 43 personnes. Christophe Auger a expliqué qu'”au stade actuel des investigations, les hypothèses ne portent aucune accusation“. Il a expliqué que le camion s’est “déporté sur la voie de gauche” et que “des traces de freinage laissent supposer que le camion a tenté en vain de redresser la trajectoire“.

What exactly happened on Friday morning during the accident at Puisseguin in Gironde? The chief of the judicial police for Libourne, Christophe Auger, held a news conference today to give the latest elements of the collision between the truck and the bus which cost 43 lives. He explained “at this stage in the investigations, the hypotheses are not carrying any blame”. He also said that the truck had “shifted onto the left lane” and that ” skid marks left supposed that the truck had tried in vain to straighten up”. 

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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