PORTRAIT – Having had her left leg amputated after a traffic accident, the young woman, a rising figure in wheelchair tennis, is committed to road safety.
“If our drivers had passed a driving license: they would no longer have the license. And Cleo and I would still have our two legs.” The impact of the words, the shock of the photo. Pauline Déroulède (31 years old) shakes hands with Cléo (10 years old) as part of an awareness campaign aimed at setting up an aptitude test as soon as the license is obtained, with a more regular frequency at from 60 years old. The first clip will be released on Monday. The result of a long project. An intimate quest. For a deeper awareness.
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On October 27, 2018, in Paris, Pauline Déroulède, stationary on her scooter on a sidewalk, was violently mowed down by the crazy car of a nonagenarian. “I found myself 50 meters further, on the cobblestones, without the helmet which had jumped in the shock. There were a lot of people around me, to put a tourniquet on me, to prevent me from getting up, I gave a big blow to my chest because I felt what was happening and I saw my leg ripped off…
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