According to the Minister of the Interior, a blockage installed Monday morning in Angouleme prevented an ambulance from helping an elderly person, who died during the day. Protesters defend themselves in a text posted on Facebook.
Since the beginning of Yellow Vests rallies, Saturday, November 17, Christophe Castaner has made the habit of speaking in front of the press alongside the police and the National Gendarmerie.
Monday, November 19, during a new situation, Place Beauvau, the Minister of the Interior has questioned the Yellow Vests at the origin of the dams in Angouleme (Charente): "This morning, in Angouleme, a vehicle Samu was prevented from intervening " with " an elderly lady who was the subject of a medical incident. 50 minutes to make thirty kilometers. The person died this afternoon. "
Samu arrived too late
According to La Charente Libre , the victim is an 85-year-old woman who lived in Montbron, about thirty kilometers from Angoulême. Called at 8:20 am, the Samu doctors found him in cardiac arrest when they arrived at 9:10 am, fifty minutes later.
On the evening of Monday, the LREM deputy of Charente Thomas Mesnier, also doctor-emergency, launched a call "to the responsibility of all" , judging "inadmissible" this blockage of a rescue vehicle.
The right to demonstrate must be guaranteed, the security of everyone too. I appeal to everyone's responsibility. It is unacceptable to block a SMUR team that goes to help a person with cardiopulmonary arrest. #Yellowjackets https://t.co/aedQfGLQBZ
- Thomas MESNIER (@MESNIERThomas) November 19, 2018A driver reportedly refused to move his car
On Tuesday, Yellow Vests released a text, relayed on Facebook, to challenge the statements of Minister Castaner and MP Mesnier. "To instrumentalize the death of a person for political ends is abject," write the Yellow Vests.
The protesters say that an emergency number has been set up so that the emergency services can reach them directly to optimize their route. The number was used Monday by the Samu but, according to the yellow vests, "the emergency stop band was blocked by vehicles stopped" and a driver refused to move his car.
The group of demonstrators denounces the "contempt" and "recovery" of the government, while praising the "professionalism" of the gendarmes who watch over the gatherings in Angoulême.
The body of the octogenarian is going to be autopsied
After the death of the octogenarian, the prosecutor's office of Angouleme opened an investigation to search for the causes of death, indicates South West . An autopsy must be performed on Thursday.