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Quatre ressortissants portugais ont été tués et une vingtaine blessés dans un accident de car tôt dimanche matin sur la RN 79 en Saône-et-Loire, un axe particulièrement dangereux du centre de la France connu comme la « route de la mort ».
Outre les quatre personnes décédées, trois blessés se trouvent urgence vitale, a précisé la procureure de la République de Mâcon, Karine Malara, présente sur les lieux de l’accident.
Cette sortie de route est vraisemblablement due au verglas. La Saône-et-Loire fait partie de l’un des sept départements encore placés en vigilance orange par Météo-France pour le verglas et la neige.
Trente-deux personnes se trouvaient dans ce bus d’une quarantaine de places qui transportait des ressortissants portugais se rendant en Suisse, d’après Karine Malara. L’accident est survenu vers 4h30 peu avant le viaduc de Charolles, près de Mâcon, quand le véhicule est tombé en contrebas de la nationale.
Rescue workers stand near a bus which crashed off a highway, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured Sunday when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Firefighters hold a white sheet near a bus which crashed off a highway, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Rescue workers stand near a bus which crashed off a highway as it is towed away by a truck crane, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Rescue workers stand near a bus which crashed off a highway as it is towed away by a truck crane, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Firefighters hold white sheet near a bus which crashed off a highway as it is towed away, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Firefighters looks on as a bus which crashed off a highway is towed away, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Firefighters and gendarmes work at the site of a bus crash, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Rescue workers stand near a bus which crashed off a highway, near Charolles, central France, on January 8, 2017. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured today when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. Before dawn, the bus crashed off the Central Europe Atlantic Road in the Saone-et-Loire region, that sees several accidents a year, many of them deadly. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES
Soixante-quinze pompiers ainsi que le SMUR ont été mobilisés. Un poste médical avancé a été installé dans un bar PMU de Charolles. Plusieurs personnes se trouvaient en état de choc. Les blessés les plus graves ont été transférés vers les hôpitaux de la région.
Plusieurs tronçons dangereux
La circulation a été coupée à hauteur de l’accident jusqu’aux alentours de 9h.
Déjà, le 29 mars 2016, douze ressortissants portugais venant de Suisse avaient trouvé la mort dans la collision d’un fourgon transformé en minibus et un poids-lourd sur cette même route nationale, mais dans l’Allier.
Très fréquentée, la RN 79 traverse l’Allier et la Saône-et-Loire, avec entre Moulins et Mâcon plusieurs tronçons à une fois une voie qui rendent les dépassements excessivement dangereux. Elle est surnommée « la route de la mort » en raison d’un grand nombre d’accidents.
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