The bikers of the national gendarmerie.
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S. ORTOLA / 20 MINUTES
Thursday, a gendarme of the Somme was killed in a road accident in Seine-et-Marne, we learned on Saturday from the Ministry of the Interior.
He was the victim of a fall during motorcycle training.
The soldier, assigned to the Roisel brigade, in the Somme, participated in a motorcycle training course in Fontainebleau since the beginning of September.
Thursday, he "carried out an instructional exercise on a departmental road of Seine et Marne" specifies the Ministry of the Interior.
He succumbed to his injuries in hospital
Coming out of a bend, the gendarme lost control of his motorcycle and fell.
He slipped and finally collided with an oncoming vehicle which could not avoid him.
The seriously injured motorcyclist was taken to the Percy military hospital by helicopter.
Despite the care given, the gendarme died during the night from Friday to Saturday.
The 26-year-old soldier was in a civil partnership and childless.
He joined the ranks of the gendarmerie in 2016.
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