Overview
- The single-car collision on the D80 between Mairy-sur-Marne and Cernon Friday around 6:30 p.m. left four boys dead at the scene, according to firefighters.
- The victims were ages 16 to 18, with three from Aulnay-l'Aître and one from nearby La Chaussée-sur-Marne, and the driver had obtained his license about a week earlier.
- The gendarmerie, under the Châlons-en-Champagne prosecutor, has opened an inquiry, which includes toxicology and phone-data analyses, and officials report no other vehicle was involved.
- Local leaders describe villages in shock, with Aulnay-l'Aître preparing support for families and a Leetchi fundraiser launched Monday to help the relatives of brothers Shawn and Jonathan.
- The group had spent the day in Châlons-en-Champagne at a vintage-car parade before the car struck a roadside tree with extreme force.