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Meuse Head-On Crash on D603 Near Eix Kills Three, One Critically Injured

Authorities have opened a formal inquiry into a suspected overtaking maneuver.

Overview

  • Two cars collided head-on on the departmental road D603 near Eix in the Meuse, killing three people and leaving one gravely hurt in the late afternoon.
  • Firefighters arrived to find three victims in cardiac arrest, and efforts to revive them failed.
  • Those killed were the 25-year-old driver of the oncoming car and the 21-year-old driver and 19-year-old front passenger of the overtaking car.
  • The gendarmerie says a powerful car tried to pass a line of vehicles and struck a car coming the other way.
  • A 19-year-old rear passenger from the overtaking car was taken to Verdun hospital in critical condition.