He had come to collect a trailer and found himself stuck against a gate: a septuagenarian died crushed by his vehicle

Il était venue récupérer une remorque. (illustration) MAXPPP – Jean-Luc Flémal

Ce mercredi 19 juin 2024, un homme est décédé à Montaigut-le-Blanc (Puy-de-Dôme) écrasé par son véhicule.

Drama in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. In the middle of the afternoon, this Wednesday, a man, aged 76, died after finding himself stuck between his vehicle and a gate, indicate our colleagues from La Mountain. An investigation has been opened and will determine the exact causes of this accident.

A brake problem

Around 3 p.m., the septuagenarian went to the house of one of his acquaintances to pick up a trailer. For a reason still unknown, the handbrake released when he wanted to return to his vehicle. The victim then found himself stuck between the rear of his vehicle and the gate of the home where he had gone.

C’is a 28-year-old witness, who saw everything, who contacted emergency services as quickly as possible. Shocked, he did not want to be transported to the hospital, indicates France Bleu. But their arrival, the firefighters and the Smur could only note the death of the 76-year-old man, who died as a result of his injuries.

An investigation was opened by the Issoire gendarmerie in order to find out the exact circumstances of the facts, and what really happened with the car.< /p>