Accident on the A7 : Renault responsible for the drama in the Drôme ?

ACCIDENT A7 - The accident on the A7 motorway, in the Drôme, on Monday evening, was attributable to Renault, the brand of the crashed vehicle ? For the lawyer o

Accident on the A7 : Renault responsible for the drama in the Drôme ?

ACCIDENT A7 - The accident on the A7 motorway, in the Drôme, on Monday evening, was attributable to Renault, the brand of the crashed vehicle ? For the lawyer of the bereaved family, this is no doubt.

Summary the origin of The accident victims from the same family The vehicle, a Scénic not suitable ?

[updated 23 July, 2020 14: 37] Renault could be on the verge of considerable scandal. Three days after the accident on the A7 motorway that caused the death of five children, the tension mounts between the lawyer for the bereaved family, which came from the nine passengers, and the French brand. According to the first elements of the investigation, the drama is due to a technical failure, in the case of the turbo this Scénic, a people carrier family. "The driver was in the quasi-impossibility to stop the engine, as the failure neutralizes all systems brake assist, where a feeling of a brake that doesn't work, alluded to by the driver before he lost consciousness," explained to the press, Alex Perrin, the prosecutor of Valencia.

witnesses have also ensured that the driver, while he was on the point of losing consciousness, had made clear that he was not able to brake before his vehicle caught fire and produced several tons. To master Nicolas Cellupica, now, it must be that Renault responds "of its acts, and its responsibilities." According to the lawyer, there is no doubt, "the problem is technical, there is no human failing, it is a runaway engine due to a problem with the turbo that triggered the fire."

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And target ads directly to Renault, the Scénic rugged had fifteen years : "15 years for a piece of automobile is not very old. Therefore, if Renault is a vehicle that can only last 15 years, there is necessarily a problem. (...) More generally, if there is a problem on vehicles Renault Scénic with the turbos, there is a general information that needs to circulate beyond this specific case".

From these statements, Mr. Cellupica has received "dozens of testimonies", according to BFM TV, of people who had used a Renault Scénic in recent years, and one that would be found in the same situation, without causing of a serious accident such as the one from the A7 motorway. Testimony referring to a "black smoke fills the cabin, and the brake no longer respond", exactly as in the case of the drama of the Drome on Monday.

What we know about the circumstances of the accident

The accident on that stretch of highway at the level of Albon, in the north of the Drôme region, occurred in the early evening on Monday 20 July 2020. Nine people were aboard the vehicle : six children, between 3 and 14 years old, and three adults. The weather, calm Monday evening, does not seem to have been involved in the accident, which took place in the south to the north of the A7 motorway. According to the story of Alex Perrin, the prosecutor of the Republic of Valencia, the vehicle was "clearly" caught fire, before the driver lost control and it went "over". According to the prefect of the Drôme, on the surveillance cameras, "we see the smoke, the vehicle starts taking fire. Obviously the driver has sought to put on the tape emergency stop. But the brakes have not worked", explained Hugues Moutouh on Franceinfo.

The accident victims are all from the same family

The accident occurred on Monday evening on the A7 motorway, therefore, has caused the death of five children, aged 3 to 14 years. In total, nine people were present in the vehicle. The other four, one child and three adults are injured and three of them, including the child, are in a state of absolute emergency. It is a native family of Vénissieux, in the suburbs of Lyon. The prosecutor of Valencia Alex Perrin reported that the driver, still alive, was the father of the family. He was travelling with his four children, their mother, and a sister-in-law with two children.

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Date Of Update: 23 July 2020, 08:57
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