This accident cost the insurance company 3 billion


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March 18, 1976 is a date that has gone down in insurance history.
On that day, one of its policyholders caused the most expensive road accident in history, with considerable damage. Miraculously, there were no fatalities.

It all starts with a soccer match


March 17, 1976 is a soccer match evening, Saint Etienne faces the team of Kiev in the quarter-final of the C1 and succeeds the improbable exploit to qualify for the semi-final. Many ASSE supporters were watching the game on television and had gathered with friends to watch this confrontation, sometimes at the bar, sometimes at their homes.

And of course, we do not count the liters of wine and other beers consumed that evening. This is the case of the actor of our article, a young man of 26 years old, having watched this match with friends and having opened some bottles of wine.

An impressive crash




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