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Hugo Maillard
Published July 6, 2026 at 9:47 am.
UPDATE. Monday, July 6, at 12:50: There are very significant traffic jams on the A8. In the direction of Italy, traffic resumed first on one lane from 6:30 am, then on all lanes from 9:45 am. In the direction of Aix-en-Provence, traffic was restored in all three lanes from 12 noon..
The dramatic and violent accident took place on the A8 motorway. On the night between Sunday July 5 and Monday July 6, 2026, it was 4 a.m. when firefighters from the Alpes-Maritimes intervened and two vehicle collisiontwo-wheeler and passenger car.
The facts occurred on the motorway between Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer in the direction Italy – Marseille. Despite the intervention of emergency services, the driver of the two-wheeler died.
She was driving the wrong way
According to the first data received by the editors of the magazineNice news Emergency services said the woman was driving in the wrong direction when she was hit by a car.
The departmental fire and rescue service (FRS) indicates that the woman died instantly.
Another four people involved in the accident were treated by firefighters and are in minor condition.
The highway is cut
The accident led to traffic in the direction of Aix-en-Provence and in the direction of Italy between the Nice Saint-Isidore toll barrier and Antibes being stopped until 6:30 am.
“Traffic in the direction of Italy has resumed in the right lane. In the direction of Aix-en-Provence, to ensure police work, the motorway remains closed due to the development of traffic control measures introduced between Cagnes-sur-Mer (no. 48) and Villeneuve-Loubet (no. 47),” indicate the Vinci Autoroutes teams.
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