Overview
- The couple died when their car struck a heavy goods vehicle while overtaking another vehicle on a departmental road in Airvault, in France’s Deux-Sèvres region, a crash that occurred on Monday and was confirmed by Dior and local authorities.
- The Niort prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by a driver and is conducting forensic work and witness interviews to determine how the overtaking maneuver led to a head-on impact.
- Dior and LVMH leaders publicly mourned Favier and praised her decades-long influence in fashion public relations, while film industry figures paid tribute to Altmayer’s long record of producing both popular and auteur French films.
- Favier built a high-profile PR career at Prada before joining Dior in 2011 and published a book on Parisian life in 2024, and Altmayer ran Mandarin & Compagnie and produced films including the OSS 117 franchise.
- Family statements have been shared widely, survivors are grieving, and investigators have not yet released conclusions about fault or any charges as the probe continues.