A car driver plowed into a crowd at a kite festival in northern France. informs 20 minute print.
The incident occurred on Saturday evening in the commune of Berck (District Montreuil-sur-Mer). According to the prosecutor, a 76-year-old driver was behind the wheel of the car. He lost control, mistaking the brake pedal for the accelerator pedal. As a result of the accident, 11 people were injured, the condition of 4 women is serious.
“The driver’s alcohol and drug test was negative, and he was slightly injured as a result of the intervention of a witness,” the prosecutor said.
The note stated that the kite festival in the seaside resort of Bercks-sur-Mer is held every year and is attended by hundreds of thousands of spectators from all over the world.
Previously reportedIn Moscow, the driver twice crushed a pensioner who fell into the garden.