Three young legionnaires of the 2nd foreign parachute regiment (2nd REP) of Calvi (Haute-Corse) died in a road accident this Saturday morning, in the town of Calvi, near Camp Raffalli which shelters the soldiers, indicated the Haute-Corse firefighters.
None of the sources within the regiment contacted by AFP responded to the requests.
The exact circumstances of the accident which occurred around 5:40 a.m. are not yet known, but the Bastia public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation entrusted to the local territorial brigade of the Calvi gendarmerie: "A priori speed is part of of the causes of this accident”, however specified Arnaud Viornery, the public prosecutor of Bastia, specifying to wait for the results of the analyzes of the alcohol level of the victims.
The car occupied by the three men left the road before violently hitting a tree on the side.
Numerous emergency services intervened on the spot to try to resuscitate the victims.
Since January, eleven people have lost their lives on the roads of Haute-Corse, for 278 accidents and 89 injuries.
A balance sheet in "significant increase", according to the authorities.
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