A snow plow (illustration).
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The accident took place around noon on Monday in Gérardmer, in the Vosges.
A 57-year-old man was walking on the road to avoid the snow-covered sidewalk when he was hit by a snow plow, reports
L'Est Républicain
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The driver of the machine, who had not seen his victim according to the regional daily, did not stop immediately but returned later.
The fifty-something, seriously injured and suffering from multiple fractures, had already been rescued by a nurse who was passing by.
It was then taken by helicopter to the Brabois hospital, near Nancy.
His vital prognosis was not engaged.
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