The family of the teenager died Monday during the collapse of a bridge in Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, not far from Toulouse, on Thursday called for calm after threats against the family of the truck driver .
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"Today, two families are shattered by the terrible tragedy of the Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge, so Lisa's family and her parents want peace and quiet so that each of these families can mourn. it's important for us, "write Lisa's 15-year-old relatives in a letter to La Dépêche du Midi . Lisa, in her first year at an agricultural college, is to be buried on Friday.
"Respect for grief and nothing else"
Thursday afternoon, it is the driver of the truck at the origin of the collapse of the bridge which was to be buried in Bessières, neighboring town of Mirepoix, on the other bank of the Tarn. In the text published on Thursday, the family reveals that "Damien's family had kept our daughter, Lisa, when she was little ... We are not in hate but in suffering". She invites to "respect for mourning and nothing else". "I'm a nurse, my job, my passion is saving lives, and Lisa's mom is also helping people, how can we see things differently?"
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The boss of drilling company Puits Julien was driving the truck that broke the suspension bridge, according to the first elements of the investigation. The excessive weight of the truck, of "more than 50 tons" according to the Toulouse prosecutor, seems to be at the origin of the break Monday morning of the suspension bridge, prohibited to vehicles of more than 19 tons. At the time of the passage of the truck, a car in which Lisa and her mother were driving, was rushed into the river. The mother could be rescued.