Couple killed on the road in Gard: the orphaned baby placed in a coma, his life threatening

Les véhicules vont être l’objet d’expertises. Midi Libre – Alexis Béthune

Dans l’accident de Laval-Pradel de ce vendredi, le bilan humain est terrible : deux personnes décédées, qui laissent trois enfants derrière eux, et trois blessés.

After the fatal accident of this Friday, March 29, in Laval-Pradel (Gard), which cost the lives of both his parents, the two-week-old baby, hospitalized in Montpellier, was plunged into a coma .

According to our information, the child's vital prognosis is in jeopardy.

Abdelkrim Grini, the public prosecutor of Alès has broadened the spectrum of investigations. "Autopsies have been carried out and confirm deaths due to severe trauma linked to violent shock". The gendarmerie investigation continues.

Expertises in progress

"Toxicological analyzes are underway as well as on the phones, adds the head of the Alès public prosecutor's office. The loss of control of the vehicle of the parents who were leaving the maternity ward, this Friday, March 29 in the middle of the afternoon, remains unexplained. The diesel on the road could come from the accident vehicle", indicates the prosecutor.

"We only know that the vehicle veered off course and ended up on the wrong lane. The family's Renault Clio collided head-on with the Scenic of a couple in their 80s. Both are among the injured victims."

Still according to the magistrate, the speed factor will be determined since’"an expertise will be ordered on the family's vehicle."