French traffic: Fatal Pile-up involving 40 vehicles in Western France.

Carambolage gigantesque en Vendée : 40 véhicules impliqués, au moins cinq morts et de nombreux blessés. At least five dead and many injured.

Carambolage gigantesque en Vendée : 40 véhicules impliqués, au moins cinq morts et de nombreux blessés
L’incident s’est produit sur la voie rapide qui relie la Roche-sur-Yon aux Sables d’Olonne. The accident happened in the fast lane linking Roche-sur-Yon and Sables d’Olonne. (Off the A10 between Nantes and La Rochelle.)

Un important carambolage impliquant près d’une quarantaine de véhicules a eu lieu mardi matin. Plusieurs morts sont à déplorer. The pile up of some forty vehicles happened on Tuesday morning and lamentably numerous were killed.

Un carambolage impliquant une quarantaine de véhicules a eu lieu mardi matin, en Vendée, ont annoncé les pompiers, confirmant une information de France Bleu Loire Océan. “Plusieurs morts” et “de nombreux blessés” sont à déplorer. L’incident s’est produit sur la voie rapide qui relie la Roche-sur-Yon aux Sables d’Olonne, à hauteur de la commune de Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups. Le brouillard serait à l’origine de ce gigantesque accident.

A major pile-up involving 40 vehicles took place on Tuesday morning, in the Vendee (West France), it was revealed by the emergency services and confirmed to France Blue Loire Ocean. “A number of deaths” and “many injured” unfortunately. The multiple crash happened in the fast lane  between Roche-sur-Yon and Sables d’Olonne, (Department 85 Vendee, Pays de Loire), above  Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups. Thick fog was a cause of this major and tragic accident.

Cinq morts et plusieurs blessés. “Le carambolage a impliqué une quarantaine de véhicules dont des poids-lourds. Il y a de nombreuses personnes en état d’urgence absolue”, a indiqué l’officier presse des pompiers de Vendée. Selon un premier bilan des gendarmes, au moins cinq personnes sont mortes et quatre autres sont grièvement blessées.

Five dead and many injured. “Heavy trucks were also involved. Many people are in a bad way” said the Vendee emergency services press office. First indications are five dead and four others seriously injured.

Les secours mobilisés. “Plus d’une vingtaine d’ambulances ont été dépêchées sur place. Un poste médical avancé a été établi et des véhicules de secours routiers (VSR) ont été envoyés pour désincarcérer des passagers dans leurs véhicules”, selon les pompiers. Plusieurs véhicules et autocars ont été réquisitionnés par les autorités pour transférer des victimes de l’accident, non blessées, vers une salle communale proche.

Emergency services mobilised. “More than 20 ambulances were rushed to the scene. An on-site medical post was established near the scene and safety vehicles were sent to remove people from their vehicles”, according to a road safety spokesperson. Many vehicles and buses were requisitioned by the authorities to transfer the non-injured victims to a local community hall.

Sur la voie rapide, plusieurs kilomètres de bouchons se sont formés dans les deux sens. La zone de l’accident a été complètement bouclée par les forces de l’ordre et des déviations ont été mises en place. Les procureurs de la Roche-sur-Yon et des Sables-d’Olonnes sont sur place. Un point presse devait se tenir aux alentours de 12h30.

Many kilometers of tail-backs formed in both directions. The accident zone was completely blocked by police and traffic diverted. Police chiefs from la Roche-sur-Yon and Sables-d’Olonnes were present to view the scene. A press office to deliver updated information was set up by 12h30.


 

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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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