the drunk driver and his boss indicted, the police are looking for witnesses
The driver of the vehicle involved in the fatal accident which occurred at the end of the afternoon on April 22 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) was indicted, as well as his boss for complicity. The police are appealing for witnesses.
The driver involved in the car accident that claimed the life of a fifty-five-year-old woman on Friday April 22 at 6:25 p.m. boulevard de Lesseps in Rouen has been indicted, as well as his boss for complicity.
The two men allegedly consumed alcohol at their place of work, a company specializing in recruitment located near the scene of the accident. The boss, would have lent his car knowing his alcoholic colleague. After the tragedy, the driver would have taken refuge in his workplace before being arrested there, according to our colleagues from Paris Normandy.
The accident between a large black engine and a small blue vehicle occurred at 6:25 p.m. in the direction of Docks 76 towards the city center on a lane limited to 50 km / h.
The extremely violent shock had trapped the driver of the small vehicle as well as her passenger, her mother. Twenty firefighters and a dozen doctors and nurses from the Rouen SMUR mobilized for this intervention which lasted two hours.
Rescuers had to extricate the two victims. The fifty-five-year-old mother did not survive. The seriously injured twenty-five-year-old driver was transported to Rouen University Hospital.
According to Seine-Maritime firefighters, one person had fled before help arrived.
After this accident, shocked, the inhabitants of the district ask for road improvements.
The national police of Seine-Maritime is launching this Wednesday, April 27, 2022 a call for witnesses in order to find out more about the circumstances of the accident.
If you witnessed the scene, please contact 02.76.52.84.78