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Pedestrian, 48, seriously injured after truck collision in Vendée
A truck hit a 48-year-old pedestrian on Friday morning in La Landette, in the Vendée department of western France.
The collision happened around 6:34 a.m.
in Venansault, near La Roche-sur-Yon.
The man was seriously injured and taken to La Roche-sur-Yon’s departmental hospital.
Seven firefighters and a mobile emergency medical team attended the scene.
Emergency crews responded to the collision shortly after it happened.
No further details about the man’s condition or the circumstances of the collision were given.
A 48-year-old man was seriously injured when a truck struck him in Vendée on Friday, October 16, 2026.
The collision happened at about 6:34 a.m. in La Landette, in the commune of Venansault.
He was taken to the Centre hospitalier départemental de La Roche-sur-Yon.
Seven firefighters and a SMUR medical team attended the scene.
- Who
- A 48-year-old man was struck by a truck.
- What
- A collision seriously injured the pedestrian.
- When
- Friday, October 16, 2026, at about 6:34 a.m.
- Where
- La Landette, in Venansault, Vendée, near La Roche-sur-Yon.
- Why
- Not stated.
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A truck struck a pedestrian in La Landette, in Venansault.
Seven firefighters and a SMUR team attended, and the injured man was taken to hospital.
- Injured person
- 48-year-old man
- Collision time
- About 6:34 a.m. on October 16, 2026
- Location
- La Landette, Venansault, Vendée
- Hospital
- Centre hospitalier départemental de La Roche-sur-Yon
- Emergency response
- Seven firefighters and a SMUR team