the driver charged and placed in detention
The shock had injured several pedestrians this Sunday, September 4 north of Toulouse. The driver of the vehicle causing thefronton avenue accident was indicted on Tuesday September 6 for refuse to comply aggravated, unintentional injuries with ITT greater than 3 months aggravated by the deliberate violation of one or more obligations of care and driving under the influence of an alcoholic state, indicates the Toulouse public prosecutor’s office a The Independent Opinion. He was subsequently remanded in custody.
Alcoholic at the time
This 32-year-old man from Pyrénées-Atlantiques was driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.56 mg of alcohol per liter of air when he hit a group of pedestrians on Sunday September 4 around 6:20 a.m. at 10 avenue de Pediment. A few minutes earlier, he had been spotted by the police as he drove at high speed in the center of Toulouse at the wheel of a large-displacement BMW “committing several traffic violations”. 4 passengers were also on board.
Because of this dangerous behavior for the occupants of the vehicle and other users, a screen-printed vehicle of the national police approaches and signals itself by operating its light and sound signals”, specifies the court.
Committing a refusal to obey these signals, the driver then continued his race, managing to sow the police several times. The vehicle was finally found stationary a few minutes later in the Barrière district of Paris.
At this location, the driver, after hitting several other parked vehicles, probably ended up losing control of his vehicle and hitting five pedestrians”, four of whom were hospitalized, the prosecution continues.
No known criminal record
While some of the victims are still hospitalized and must undergo operations, “two others still have their vital prognosis engaged” according to the Toulouse courthouse. Recall that a total of eight people had been taken care of by the emergency services according to the SDIS 31, the passengers of the car having also been injured. The driver escaped with minor scars.
Drug screening is still ongoing. The respondent has no criminal record, he owns the offending vehicle and was well insured. The investigation is continuing.
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