Teenagers borrow a tractor: a 16-year-old dies in the Gers – 23/07/2018

Published on 23/07/2018 at 10:01 Last updated on 24/07/2018 at 07:51

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At around 4:15 am on Monday morning, what was supposed to be the festive outfit of three young people ended tragically, close to Cadeilhan, with the death of a 16-year-old boy. The son of a farmer from Brugnens borrowed an old tractor from the family farm, to go with two friends to tour the neighboring villages.

Arriving at Cadeilhan, they take a communal road, where they engage in a steep slope. The tractor is racing, the young driver loses control, the agricultural machine climbs an embankment. Before pouring. The two friends of the driver are ejected, and firefighters, quickly alerted by the neighborhood, find them slightly injured. Nicolas Carboue, he could not leave the driver's seat.

The tractor turned on the unfortunate, and help can do nothing to revive. The brigade community of Fleurance is in charge of the investigation.