Wednesday morning, in Seclin, in the North, a cyclist was seriously injured in a road accident with a heavy truck was learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS).
Around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, a 48-year-old man was riding a bicycle on departmental road 952 near the Epinette activity area. In circumstances that remain to be determined with precision, he was struck by a truck passing him. It was only when the cyclist yelled that the truck driver realized that he had hit someone.
Open leg fractures
Rescuers arrived quickly to take care of the victim. The latter had open leg fractures after the truck rolled over her, police said. The cyclist was medicalized on site by a SMUR team before being transported under police escort to the Lille CHRU. The same source clarified that the life prognosis of the victim was reserved and that there was a risk of amputation.
For its part, the driver of the truck was heard by the police. In his first statements, he stated that he had not seen the cyclist. The alcohol test was negative.
- Cyclist
- Road accident
- Lille