Transportation accident Four young Swiss die in traffic accident in France
Four young people from the canton of Fribourg were killed in a traffic accident in Collonges, France, on Saturday night. The victims were a 16-year-old and three 18-year-olds.
06.12.2025, 16:55
06.12.2025, 18:36
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The victims lived in the districts of Gruyères and Saane, as Martial Pugin, head of communications for the Fribourg police, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. He confirmed a report by the news portal blick.ch. The victims are a 16-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 18-year-old women.
According to the police, the car left the road at the traffic circle in the municipality of Collonges on the border with Switzerland shortly after 10.30 p.m. and burst into flames. The young people died at the scene of the accident. According to the police, an investigation has been launched to determine the circumstances of the accident in the department of Ain.
The four victims, "all of Portuguese nationality", were planning to travel to Paris, Antoine Celle, deputy public prosecutor of Bourg-en-Bresse, told the AFP news agency. According to initial investigations, there was "no evidence that they had consumed drugs or alcohol".
