The fatal accident occurred on Saturday in Lyon (illustration) -
Jean-Philippe Ksiazek AFP
We now know a little more about the fatal accident which took place on Saturday morning on the southern ring road of Lyon, and in which a car driving in the wrong direction was involved.
The two deceased persons, who were in this vehicle, resided in Villeurbanne.
They were a couple of octogenarians.
The two retirees were on their way to do their shopping in a supermarket in Vénissieux that they frequented regularly,
Le Progrès
revealed on Tuesday
.
A U-turn operated on the exit ramp
On the morning of the tragedy, the driver, aged 87, would have taken the wrong route and decided to make a U-turn on the exit ramp, located at the level of the Porte de Gerland.
Less than a kilometer away, he allegedly crashed into a 4x4 aboard a young couple and their three-year-old child.
They miraculously got away with minor injuries.
At this point, another car, which was trying to avoid the accident, overturned.
Its driver was taken to hospital.
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