The driver who knocked down 5 people in Toulouse trained for aggravated unintentional injuries
He was riding with 1.30 grams of alcohol per liter of blood, was trying to flee from the police after committing several traffic violations, when he hit five pedestrians in Toulouse. A 32-year-old driver must be referred this Monday evening, with a view to the opening of a judicial investigation following this accident which left a total of 8 injured (4 occupants of the car were also slightly affected).
The drunk driver at the time of the events
Originally from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the driver was driving drunk. A drug test is also still in progress, indicates the Toulouse prosecutor’s office in charge of the file. This man “without known criminal record” according to the prosecution should logically be followed.
This 30-year-old is also being prosecuted for refusing to comply, because he was trying to flee the police on Sunday morning when the accident occurred. Law enforcement spot him at the wheel of his BMW, a large enginedeciding”multiple traffic violations“explains the prosecution. The police then turn on their revolving lights, but the driver, far from stopping, continues to drive at high speed. The agents lose sight of him several times, before finding him at the level of n ° 10 of Avenue de Fronton.
This is where the driver has struck five pedestrians and several vehicles. It looks like he lost control of his car. The pedestrians, born between November 1981 and January 1998, were injured to varying degrees. One escapes unscathed, the other four are hospitalized. Two of them”still have their vital prognosis engaged“says the Toulouse prosecutor’s office in a press release. The other two are hospitalized, but their lives are not in danger.