Firefighter between life and death: overturned by a multi-recidivist

The 38-year-old had been broke by trying to stop two vehicles performing slippages in front of a barracks on Saturday in Evian-les Bains. He suffers from a head trauma and a thoracic sinking.

The firefighter struck by a car on Saturday, May 10, 2025 in Evian-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie), is still between life and death. The driver who was participating in an urban rodeo is in custody. His profile is overwhelming. For the witnesses of the scene, there is no doubt on the intentional side of his act. The 19-year-old was driving without a permit after an arrest for driving under the influence of drugs, and on his asset, other history related…

24 hours after the fact, the firefighter who was hit by a car on Saturday, May 10 in Evian-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie) is in a coma. He was trying to interrupt an urban rodeo.

Bruno Retailleau will give in the next few days an instruction to generalize the proceedings on rodeos, which was for the time being not possible throughout the territory.

On Sunday, the victim was still fighting death.

"This firefighter still struggles for his health today," continued Emmanuelle Dubée, without giving more details. 38 years old, and father of a child, this volunteer firefighter from the Evian-les Bains barracks suffers from a head trauma and a thoracic sink, according to a police source.