Justice · Montauroux rolloverMontauroux car rollover seriously injures three teenagers; one airliftedWritten November 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A car rolled repeatedly in Monteru, seriously injuring three teenagers.0:11One suffered spinal trauma and needed a helicopter evacuation.0:14All three occupants were between fifteen and sixteen years old.0:17What caused the car to overturn and how the teenagers recover are still unresolved.0:21The crash happened early Saturday afternoon, November7, in the Varre department of0:25southeastern France.0:26The car overturned on Chimondou Gymnas, just a few meters from the Forecourt of Call0:31E.G.0:31L.0:31Anard de Vinci.0:33The vehicle rolled several times before coming to rest on its side.0:36Two boys and a girl were inside, and all three suffered serious injuries.0:40Seventeen firefighters and several medical teams responded.0:43Firefighters and emergency medical teams from Draguignan treated the teenagers.0:47The Alpis Maritimes H.0:49Lismer Air medical service then evacuated the most seriously injured teenager who0:52had suffered spinal trauma.0:59That injury involves the spine.1:01Its lasting effects aren't yet known.1:03Witnesses at the scene said the car appeared to be traveling at excessive speed1:06before it rolled.1:07That's their assessment.1:09T here is no measured speed or official finding yet explaining why the vehicle1:13overturned.1:13The vehicle was described as a voiture sans permes, a French term for a small car1:18driven without a conventional car license.1:20Different qualifications can apply to these vehicles.1:22The description alone doesn't tell us what qualification the driver held.1:26Light motor quadricycles are classified as vehicles that don't exceed forty five1:30kilometers an hour.1:31The crash vehicle's precise category hasn't been confirmed.1:34That category limit gives us no measurement of its speed before the rollover.1:38The three teenagers were assessed as seriously injured on November seventh.1:42We don't yet know how their conditions have changed, or what lasting effects the1:45spinal trauma could have.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
