A serious accident occurred on Tuesday in the town of Beaufort-en-Vallée (Maine-et-Loire).
Around 1:30 p.m., a car hit a woman while she was on a pedestrian crossing at the exit of a roundabout.
Alerted, the emergency services quickly went to the scene to help the septuagenarian, reports
Ouest-France
.
The helicopter from the Angers University Hospital has been deployed.
He landed in the middle of the roundabout.
The Beaufort-en-Anjou firefighters were also mobilized with three emergency vehicles.
According to our colleagues, the victim was injured in the pelvis and the head.
She was evacuated by helicopter to the Angers University Hospital around 2:30 p.m.
The gendarmes also intervened on the spot to take care of the traffic on this very borrowed axis.
One lane was completely cut off while the emergency services intervened.
A detour has been set up.
Traffic was finally restored shortly before 3 p.m.
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