It happened on Sunday 5th of February, Thomas Tronchon age 20 years of St. Pierre de Livron was out with his friend trying out his home made sledge.His father is the local menuisier. The boys were on a quiet road with no traffic especially in the snow and they had a go faster idea.They attached the sledge with a tow rope to their Peugeot car and got up quite a speed. Unfortunately at a bend in the road the car slewed in one direction and the sledge flew in another sending Thomas head first in to a tree. The Pompiers were called including a helicopter but unfortunately the helicopter was unable to land nearby on the causse because of the snowy conditions. A slow perilous journey by road was taken by the Pompiers to Purpan hospital in Toulouse but the next day Thomas was pronounced clinically dead.
His friend the young driver of the car has been arrested,locked up at St. Antonin Police Station and charged with putting some one's life in danger.
Our thoughts go out to the dead boys family and to the Pompiers called to the scene.
For more information on this terrible accident go to the Depeche/ Midi Pyrenees.
An update to this story, the Depeche now says it was the Father of the boys friend driving the car
