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The emotion was strong, Tuesday afternoon in Avenay-Val-d'Or, in the Marne. Many people had come to put flowers and stuffed animals in the small square bordering the crossing where a car was hit by a TER on Monday. The maternal assistant who was driving the vehicle died instantly, like the three children who accompanied her.
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"She had no room, she was well known"
Named Marie-Hélène, the driver had been living in the town for ten years with her husband and two children, an 11-year-old girl killed in the accident and a 13-year-old boy. She was one of four maternal assistants in the town and many knew her, at least from sight.
"Knowing that I'm pregnant, we were looking for a maternal assistant for early October and I contacted," says Marion, who must give birth in two weeks. "She had no place, she was well known, she was apparently very well known."
"A woman who has all her value as a caregiver"
To describe the 37-year-old woman, who had been practicing for four years after a professional reconversion, the mayor of Avenay-Val-d'Or described him as "a woman who has all her value as a caregiver, who knew her well. his job". "She has known a lot of the village children," he says.
With her husband, Marie-Hélène was "a couple who did not talk about him, discreet, very well integrated in the town," continues the edile. A neighbor met by Europe 1 evokes him, a couple "endorsement", which always had a nice word.