Montpellier: a garbage collector injured by a driver avenue de Toulouse
The car hit the back of the garbage truck and destabilized the ripener who was seriously injured in an ankle in the early morning of July 14, avenue de Toulouse in Montpellier.
6:35 a.m., avenue de Toulouse in Montpellier, Thursday July 14. A garbage truck in the middle of a collection round is heading towards Grand M. It meets a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. And without warning, the latter swerves and crashes into the back of the truck. Where the ripeners stand on a step. In shock, one of the garbage collectors is unbalanced. He manages to hold on to the truck but his foot hits the metal. Result: open fracture of the ankle and probably abundant. The 54-year-old employee will be taken care of and evacuated by the emergency services to the CHU Lapeyronie.
The drunk driver
As for the driver, a 29-year-old from Montpellier, he will be forced to stop a little further due to a punctured wheel. But he will first walk away before returning from the way to the scene of the collision as the police arrive on the scene. He will explain to the police that he had left to urinate and that he did not realize the seriousness of the facts. His blood alcohol test showed a blood alcohol level of 1.4 g. He was taken into custody during the course of which he expressed his regrets. He was released until the physical damage of the ripener was assessed by a medical examiner. The driver will be called back asked to answer for his actions.