Illness, carelessness or driving error… while Pierre Palmade’s days are no longer in danger, we still do not know the reasons why the Peugeot 3008 that the comedian was driving veered to the left of the lane to hit almost head-on a Renault Megane traveling in the other direction. The results of the narcotics and alcohol tests carried out are not yet known. According to our information, the comedian has a valid driver’s license.
“Pierre Palmade was admitted in serious condition to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne). He was placed in intensive care. His life is no longer in danger this morning. His relatives are thinking of the people affected during this accident and are waiting for reassuring news, ”said his family in a press release this Saturday at the end of the morning.
Pierre Palmade lost control of his car on a straight
It is 6:45 p.m. Friday when the local Information and Command Center receives several calls 17 including one from the fire brigade informing that a serious traffic accident involving three vehicles has occurred on the D372, a road of Seine-et-Marne leading from Melun and Dammarie-les-Lys to the Carrefour shopping center in Villiers-en-Bière, one of the brand’s largest stores.
It is very quickly reported to the authorities that among the injured is the famous humorist Pierre Palmade. The comedian was looking to join his home, a magnificent farmhouse in which he has been living since 2017 and which he would have put up for sale recently.
According to the first elements of the investigation, based on testimonies and technical findings, it appears that Pierre Palmade, who was driving the Peugeot registered in the name of his production company, lost control of the vehicle on a straight line and collided with the Renault Megane.
Passengers who fled could be prosecuted
Witnesses say they saw two other passengers inside the vehicle who fled after the impact. According to their descriptions, the two men on the run would be in their twenties, European for one, African for the other. We still do not know the reasons why these two alleged passengers would have taken to their heels, not providing assistance to the injured. This exposes them to criminal proceedings, such as failure to assist a person in danger.
At the wheel of the Renault Megane was a pregnant woman, accompanied by her brother and her child. A 6-year-old boy who was allegedly thrown from the car. It was then that a third car, a Renault Twingo, appeared and hit the woman’s vehicle, without too much gravity. Its driver, an 80-year-old man, left his car at the scene to return home before a crew went to his home to order him to return to the scene of the accident. Not being immediately taken care of by the rescue workers busy extricating the other victims trapped in their cars, this driver had chosen to leave.
In total, around twenty firefighters from the surrounding fire and rescue centers as well as three medical teams from the Samu (Melun, Fontainebleau and Nemours) intervened on the spot to extricate the victims, including the comedian, carcasses of tangled cars. Three helicopters, from Civil Security, Samu and the National Gendarmerie, carried out emergency medical evacuations. Pierre Palmade was airlifted to Bicêtre hospital, the pregnant woman to Beaujon in Clichy-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) and the child to Necker in Paris. The driver of the third car, slightly injured, was evacuated by road to the Sud Île-de-France hospital group in Melun. The intervention, very technical and delicate, due to the critical condition of the victims, lasted more than two hours.