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It was the owner of the pavilion, a baker, who called the rescues by observing the presence of the vehicle when he returned home at about 6am, according to the prosecutor, who went to the scene.
Three young men, aged 14, 15 and 19, died early Wednesday morning after their car skidded off a curve and crashed into a swimming pool at their home in the southern French town of Alès. The youngest of the boys was behind the wheel, and nitrous oxide, a drug also known as laughing gas, was found in the car, according to Le Parisien.
A tragic accident occurred in the Gard (Alès). Three young people in a car fell into a swimming pool and lost their lives. The investigators wondered if they had consumed nitrous oxide, after having found canisters of this gas in the vehicle. Pending the autopsy, it cannot be confirmed that they had consumed it. Less than a week ago, however, the prefect had taken measures prohibiting minors from owning or consuming this gas. (Police, justice an…
The prosecutor referred to a "competition of implausible circumstances." Bottles of nitrous oxide were found in the vehicle.
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