Illustration of a firefighter rescue vehicle. Here in Ille-et-Vilaine. - C. Allain / 20 Minutes

A fatal traffic accident occurred Saturday afternoon just before 4 p.m. in the town of Saint-Marcan in the north of Ille-et-Vilaine, we learned from the firefighters. While riding an electric bike along provincial road 797, an 81-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle at a crossing. Despite the intervention of the Samu and the firefighters, the octogenarian died. An investigation was opened by the gendarmerie to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.

A little earlier in the afternoon, another traffic accident involving a young cyclist took place in the commune of Fleurigné near Fougères. Hit by a motorist, a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured. Suffering from a head trauma and fractures on the upper body, he was transported by helicopter to the CHU of Rennes.

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