Overview
- A 38-year-old gendarme died and several colleagues were injured when a car veered into a column of gendarmerie motorcyclists on route D903 near Fessy, Haute-Savoie.
- The crash, which occurred Saturday, involved about eight to ten officers who were on duty to secure the upcoming G7 in Évian.
- Local officials at the scene reported a blue vehicle in a ditch, another car with two motorcycles embedded, and that the driver, reported to be a woman, was airlifted from the scene.
- The Thonon-les-Bains public prosecutor's office had not issued a public comment by early afternoon and a formal investigation has been opened.
- The incident comes as more than 14,000 police, gendarmes and firefighters are deployed for the G7, a large security mobilization that may affect local traffic and operations in coming days.