Ophélie Longuet: The choreographer died in a terrible road accident

This is a terrible drama that has upset the whole of France. Wednesday, July 18, 2018, a traffic accident involving a truck caused the death of four people on the A7 motorway at Vedene, near Avignon. According to AFP, the heavy truck, which ran in the North-South direction, crossed the central reservation of the motorway, striking the cars that were driving in the opposite direction and causing a fire that spread vehicles. Thirty gendarmes and twenty firefighters intervened on site to help the many wounded.

Among the victims included the choreographer Ophélie Longuet (41 years). According to Nice-Matin the collaborator of the Opera and the Ballet of Nice (city where she lived and taught for ten years) was en route in " a small van " to go to Carpentras to ensure the following day the representation of Little Red Riding Hood as part of the Festival Plein les Mirettes. His companion and dance partner Konstantin Neroslov was with her in the vehicle. First " in a serious state ", it was transported to the hospital center of Avignon. In the evening, " his vital prognosis was no longer engaged ", reads

Ophélie Longuet will be buried in his native region in Normandy, according to the newspaper [19659003] Paris-Normandie . The funeral will be celebrated Wednesday, July 25 at 15h in the Saint-Pierre church in Lisieux. The same day at 18h, a ceremony in his memory will be organized in the church of Saint-Pierre-d'Arène in Nice. Several tributes, including that of the Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, have been rendered on social networks.