six people have dead this Friday and four turned out serious injuries in a head-on collision between two vehiclesone of them registered in Spain, on the road from Toulouse to Andorra, in the French department of Ariège.
The accident occurred in the national (RN) 20 at the height of the municipality of Savignac les Ormeaux, near Ax les Thermes, a spokeswoman for the prefecture (government delegation) of Ariège explained to Efe.
In addition to the six dead, two people were seriously injured “in absolute urgency” and were transported by helicopter to the Purpan hospital in Toulouse, the spokeswoman said.
Two others were in “relative emergency” and were evacuated by ambulance to another hospital.
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According to the newspaper La Depêche, two cars were involved in the crash, a Toyota Corolla with French in which there were four fatalities, including two children, and a Peugeot Expert with Spanish registration in which there were two other deaths.
The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Najar viaduct and forced traffic to be diverted on the Andorra highway, which is very busy at this time. According to the mayor of the town, it is not a dangerous place.