A young woman from the town of Durmenach, in the Haut-Rhin, lost her life in a traffic accident last Friday.
This happened on the A6 motorway, in the agglomeration of Auxerre (Yonne), reports
L'Alsace
.
A master's student in Orléans, the 21-year-old driver was returning home to Alsace when she was the victim of a fatal collision.
The trail of aquaplaning and glare
According to
L'Yonne Républicaine
, the young woman would have struck the vehicle traveling in front of her from the rear, in the direction Paris-Lyon.
The hypotheses of "aquaplaning and glare because of the sun" are favored by investigators, indicates the daily.
The accident took place around 6 p.m., when showers were observed in the area.
About ten firefighters intervened on the scene, as well as the Samu and the gendarmes.
Toxicological analyzes were to be carried out on the victim's body.
The other driver involved, 35, was transferred to hospital in shock, but her life is not in danger.
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