Three people, including two children aged 8 and 10, killed in a road accident near Arras

Dramatic accident on the A26 in the direction Calais - Reims, Saturday November 16, 2024 at around 2 pm. Three people died, a woman and two children aged 8 and 10. Their vehicle was allegedly hit by another, whose driver was hospitalized in an absolute emergency. An investigation into manslaughter has been opened.

According to the report drawn up by the National Road Safety Observatory, 3,398 people died in 2023 on the roads of metropolitan France.

A serious road accident claimed the life of a 42-year-old mother and her two children on Saturday on the A26 motorway, near Arras (Pas-de-Calais). A 52-year-old man was seriously injured and taken to hospital. The emergency services, mobilized in numbers, received psychological support. [...]