Night-time intervention by firefighters (illustration). - M. Frénois / ANP / 20 Minutes

In the night from Saturday to Sunday, a young motorist was the victim of a serious traffic accident near Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, in Pas-de-Calais, we learned from the gendarmerie. She is between life and death.

The drama took place around 3:30 am on Sunday. Holding a driver's license for a short time, a 19-year-old woman was traveling on a small road in Fontaine-les-Boulans in her Citroën C3. In circumstances that remain to be determined with precision, his vehicle left the road in a bend, ending its race against a concrete pylon.

The young woman's vital prognosis is engaged

Rescuers had to extricate the young woman, trapped in the cabin of the C3. She was medicalized on site before being transported in absolute emergency to the Lille hospital center. As of Monday morning, the victim's life prognosis was still underway.

According to the gendarmerie, weather conditions, and in particular the wet pavement, could explain the accident.

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