Deadly Accident in Bel- Etang: Crashed Car Was Not Insured

Louis Michael Phillipe (35), his wife Miesle Boot (42), the son of the latter Dylan Boot (11) and Louis Cyril André Madonna (58) were in a car parked master roadside with five other people on board.

The car was out of gas fell to 2 am and occupants huddled inside for shelter against the rain waiting for the arrival of a loved one for troubleshooting. Some were sleeping at the time of the collision.

The driver of the wrecked car, Jean Noël Begue, has committed several offenses, said the police investigation.

According to information obtained from police sources, insurance and the "return" of the car were not in order.

Towing the two damaged vehicles to the police station to White Mountain, investigators realized that the policy was not on the windshield of the car. This is contrary to the regulations in order to drive on our roads.

The occupants of the car driven by Jean Noël Begué, aged 3-58 years, were returning from a party with a family in Medina Camp de Masque.

Moreover, an investigation is underway on insurance and the "Declaration" of the car driven by Jean Noël Begué.

Negligence and recklessness on the road

At the opening of the investigation into the accident Bel-Etang, police received information indicating that the driver Jean Noël Begué have been negligent while waiting for the other occupants store. He would not have placed warning triangles on the road, or the flashing lights of the car down so that motorists can distinguish it from afar. However, the law imposes an obligation on motorists who fail to place a warning triangle reflecting the back and front of the vehicle stopped so that other road users can understand the danger. Jean Noël Begué does not own the vehicle, but his cousin. The latter had taken Monday night.

At sunrise on Tuesday, a truck registered 3575 NV 93, which was en route to Camp de Masque violently struck the disabled vehicle. Under the shock, four occupants of the car that was on the back seat were killed and five others are seriously injured. The impact of the collision was such that the truck caused the other vehicle about twenty meters.

The truck driver, Beejansingh Beeharry (58) emerged unscathed from the carnage. The breath test performed on him immediately after the accident was positive. He had 34 micrograms of alcohol in the body, then the authorized rate is 23mg. It was presented on the same day, before the magistrate court Flacq under interim charge of manslaughter by negligence. The police objected to his release on parole for his own safety. Order of the court, he was remanded in custody. He told investigators he had drunk alcohol the night before.

Beejansingh Beeharry, who works for a construction contractor, had taken the truck before dawn to fetch workers in Sevastopol. In his version of events to the police, the fifties said he had not seen the car on the road due to lack of visibility. It would have applied his brakes to avoid the collision, but this maneuver is useless.

Shortly after the accident, workers working in the cane field next door were the first to bring relief to victims by eradicating debris. Entire right side of the car was damaged. Its occupants were transported to the hospital where Flacq caregivers noted the deaths of four of them. Only John Noel Begue, who received facial injuries, is under observation. The police expect that his health improves to record his story. The other four passengers, aged between 3 and 32 years, were able to return home after receiving hospital treatment.

Doctors Gungadin, Chummun and Parsand, who autopsied the bodies of the victims. They attributed the cause of death of Dylan Boot rupture de foie et  celle and Louis Cyril André Madonna a skull fracture. Louis Michael Phillipe and his companion Miesle Boot suffered multiple fatal injuries. Their funeral will be held Wednesday.