In Amiens, a motorcyclist dies in an accident near a dam against pensions

Europe 1 with AFP 10:57 am, March 23, 2023

A motorcyclist died Thursday morning in a collision with a car in Argoeuves near Amiens, in an industrial area where filtering roadblocks are organized as part of the protest against the pension reform, said the prefecture and firefighters.

The firefighters of the Somme "intervened around 6:40 am near the ZI Nord for an accident between a motorcyclist and a light vehicle. The motorcyclist was declared dead on the spot, "said the prefecture of the Somme, without further details on the circumstances of the accident. The departmental fire and rescue service of the Somme described a collision of this motorcycle "against a passenger car, with high kinetics".

A "traffic accident" according to the department

According to the socialist departmental councillor Frédéric Fauvet, arrived on the scene about 20 minutes after the impact, the accident took place upstream of a roundabout where demonstrators have installed since dawn a filtering dam, about 200 m.

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According to information he gathered from emergency services and trade unionists on the spot, the motorcyclist advanced to the roundabout and spoke with activists, who told him that two-wheelers could pass but that other vehicles were blocked.

"Despite this information, he chose to turn around" and left "at an excessive speed," reported the elected official. He then "hit at a very high speed a vehicle that was coming out of the roadside". "I rather assimilate it to a traffic accident," insisted Frédéric Fauvet, stressing that there was no traffic jam at this roundabout.