The accident involved two vehicles on the Paris ring road (illustration). - PATRICK GELY / SIPA

Three people died in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in a road accident involving two cars on the Paris ring road, we learned from concordant sources. Wednesday, at 12:15 am, two cars traveling in the same direction, in "excessive speed", collided with the Porte de Sèvres on the outer ring road, said the Paris Fire Brigade (BSPP).

Following the impact, the first vehicle, with four passengers on board, crashed into a muzzle materializing the separation between two lanes, before making "several rolls", according to a police source, then "finishing its race on the roof on the median ". In this car, a Renault Clio, three people in their twenties, died, including one who was ejected outside the vehicle, said the firefighters.

The fourth passenger slightly injured

Two people imprisoned in this car were in cardio-respiratory arrest when the firefighters arrived, who did not attempt resuscitation. A fourth passenger, also a young man, was slightly injured. The second vehicle, driven by a single woman, crashed into the "device exit slide". She was slightly injured, including suffering from a head trauma, and transported to hospital. The exact circumstances still remain "to be determined" and the accident treatment department is seized.

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