Car hits 12 boars on motorway in normandy: three people injured
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ROAD CLOSED FOR NEARLY AN HOUR AFTER INCIDENT A car hit a group of 12 boars on a motorway in Normandy on Saturday evening (October 12). Three people were injured. The accident happened on
the A84, near the Mont Saint-Michel at around 22:00. The three people in the car – a man, aged 50, and women, 47 and 17 – were taken to nearby Avranches hospital but their injuries were not
said to be severe. Read more: Wild animals on French roads: does insurance cover you for accidents? Around 15 firefighters attended the scene. The motorway was closed for around 40 minutes
as the area was cleaned before being reopened before midnight. The boars that were not killed in the accident were evacuated away from the motorway. Read more: Farmers union calls for
right to shoot wild boar in Dordogne