Violent head-on collision last night between two cars near Montpellier: a 51-year-old driver between life and death

Les pompiers ont transporté en urgence les blessés. Illustration Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

During the night of this Thursday, April 25 to this Friday, April 26, a terrible accident occurred on the RD 986, route des Matelles in Saint-Gély-du-Fesc. Two men were injured and evacuated to Montpellier University Hospital.

The accident occurred during the night of this Thursday, April 25 to this Friday, April 26, on the RD 986, route des Matelles, which runs along the golf course in the direction of Montpellier – Saint-Clément-de-Rivière, in the town of Saint-Gély-du-Fesc.

The two men who were driving collided in a violent head-on collision and both were injured. The first is 26 years old, the second, 51 years old. Both were conscious and not incarcerated in their respective vehicles when emergency services arrived.

Serious head and hip trauma

The life of the youngest of the injured is not in danger but he was evacuated to the Montpellier University Hospital. On the other hand, the fifty-year-old suffers from significant trauma to the head, particularly the face and the hip. His vital prognosis is in jeopardy. He was also evacuated to the Montpellier University Hospital by the Hérault firefighters.