Three people were seriously injured on Saturday in Lussac in Gironde after being hit by the car of a crew participating in the Saint-Emilion rally, we learned from the prefecture and the municipality.
The three victims, two women, one 44 years old and the other 65 years old and a 73 year old man, members of the organization of the race, were transferredin serious condition“At the CHU de Bordeaux for one, and at the Libourne hospital center for the other two, after the intervention of the emergency services, indicated the prefecture confirming information from the newspaper South West.
The pilot and his co-pilot were slightly injured, but their condition did not require evacuation, added the same source.
The accident occurred shortly before noon in the wine-growing town of Lussac (1,200 inhabitants), where the first special of the 31st edition of this car rally took place.
According to Mayor Dorothée Breton, the pilot lost control of his vehicle.after a bump», hitting these three officials located «set back from the road» near a plot of vines.
«The wounded were immediately taken care of, and their vital prognoses were not engaged during their evacuationshe added.
The race, which took place Friday and Saturday in four municipalities in the area, was interrupted on the territory of the municipality of Lussac.
