France: one dead and four injured in the crash of a civil security helicopter in Isère
A French civil security helicopter, April 14, 2020 (photo illustration) © AFP - PASCAL GUYOT
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A civil security mechanic died on Sunday, September 12, in a helicopter crash near Villard-de-Lans, in Isère.
The aircraft carried four other people.
Wounded, they were evacuated to the Grenoble University Hospital.
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The accident occurred near Villard-de-Lans, a town in Isère located in the Vercors massif.
The prefecture of the department reported it at the end of the afternoon: a Civil Security helicopter, in intervention and with five people on board, crashed to the ground.
And in the early evening, she announced the sad news: “
The helicopter mechanic was declared dead despite the care provided by rescuers.
"
The other members of the team, namely the pilot, a doctor from the SAMU and two high mountain gendarmes, were taken care of by the medical teams and evacuated to the Grenoble University Hospital.
According to the prefecture of Isère, one of them has serious injuries.
The others are more slightly affected.
Eric Vaillant, the public prosecutor of Grenoble, indicates that the Grenoble prosecutor's office has opened an investigation and seized the air transport research section, competent in the matter and based in Roissy.
Two investigators are due to arrive on Sunday evening, three more on Monday.
The Isère gendarmerie group was also seized.
According to the prefecture, the causes of the accident are currently "
undetermined
".
The Minister of the Interior was the first to react.
On Twitter, Gérald Darmanin sent his condolences to the family and colleagues of the mechanic who died on Sunday: “
All my support for the large family of civil security and mountain rescue.
"
I extend my condolences to the family and colleagues of the civil security mechanic who died in the accident of a helicopter going to intervene with 5 people on board.
“
All my support for the large family of civil security and mountain rescue,
” he added.
The President of the Republic also spoke on the social network: “
The great family of civil security has lost one of its heroes.
Engaged in intervention in Isère, a mechanic died after the crash of his helicopter.
The Nation shares the grief of its relatives.
Four of his comrades are injured.
Our thoughts are with them.
"
Tonight, the great family of civil security lost one of their heroes.
Engaged in intervention in Isère, a mechanic died after the crash of his helicopter.
The Nation shares the grief of its relatives.
Four of his comrades are injured.
Our thoughts are with them.
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 12, 2021
(With AFP)
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