Three teenagers in southern France died in an absolutely horrific car crash this week, but it wasn’t the impact of the accident that actually killed them. The circumstances surrounding this tragedy are truly awful and highly unusual. Public prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini confirmed that the fatalities were due to a terrible series of unfortunate events rather than the initial collision itself.
The vehicle reportedly landed upside down in the pool, and because the size of the car was similar to the pool’s dimensions, the teenagers were effectively trapped inside. They just couldn’t open the doors to escape. The teens, aged 14, 15, and 19, drowned after their car skidded off the road in Alès, smashed through a low garden wall, and flipped completely upside down into a private swimming pool.
