Europe 1 with AFP 2:53 p.m., June 13, 2022

Four people were killed and two children seriously injured Sunday evening in a road accident in Saint-Rémy-au-Bois, in the Pas-de-Calais, we learned from the firefighters.

The four people who died are a 41-year-old woman and men aged 40, 37 and 28.

Two children, approximately 4 and 8 years old, were seriously injured.

A tragedy took place this weekend on the roads of Pas-de-Calais.

Four people were killed and two children seriously injured Sunday evening in a road accident in Saint-Rémy-au-Bois, in the south-east of the department, we learned from the firefighters.

The latter were called around 9 p.m. for this accident between two cars on a road linking the municipalities of Saulchoy and Saint-Rémy-au-Bois, they said.

>> READ ALSO

- After a tragic road accident, Elina discovered the "survivor's syndrome"

The two seriously injured children airlifted to Amiens

The four people who died are a 41-year-old woman and men aged 40, 37 and 28.

Two children of around 4 and 8 years old, seriously injured, were airlifted to Amiens, according to the same source.

The L'actu site reports that two traffic lanes have been completely interrupted so that firefighters can rescue victims trapped in vehicles.

>> READ ALSO

- Germany: a car hits passers-by in Berlin, one dead and eight injured

For the moment, the reason for this accident has not yet been specified, according to France Bleu.