Vendée. A 19-year-old man dies buried under 200°C asphalt near La Roche-sur-Yon.
According to information from Ouest-France , a young man died this Tuesday in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups (Vendée), buried under asphalt while he was working on a construction site.
While working in a housing estate in the commune of Saint-Flaive-des-Loups, a 19-year-old man and a 42-year-old man were involved in a terrible accident this Tuesday. "They were repairing the road, and the truck door opened. Normally, it's just a trailer hatch that should open," the mayor of the small Vendée commune told our colleagues at Ouest-France .
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The younger man fell and was "buried under hot asphalt at 200°C," Vendée firefighters reported. He was rushed to Nantes University Hospital, where he did not survive his 60% burns. The other victim, who suffered burns to both hands, was treated at La Roche-sur-Yon hospital.
Following the accident, the gendarmerie announced the opening of an investigation "to determine the circumstances of the accident", in collaboration "with the labor inspectorate".
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