Camille Étienne confirmed that the driver of the civilian vehicle involved in the collision was intoxicated.
MISCELLANEOUS – The circumstances of the dramatic car accident that led to the death of three police officers Sunday, May 21 in the morning become clearer. The public prosecutor of Lille announced during a press conference, this Monday, May 22, that the driver of the civilian vehicle involved in thecar accident near Villeneuve-d’Ascqwho also died instantly, was driving under the influence and tested positive for cannabis.
Carole Étienne indicated that the blood samples taken from the man, who was driving in the wrong direction at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo, attest to a ” blood alcohol level of 2.08 g “, well beyond the limit set at 0.5g of alcohol per liter of blood. The man was otherwise cannabis positive ”, although this type of examination does not make it possible to precisely determine the date of consumption of cannabis.
“To stabilize the results, a cross-examination was requested”she added.
The driver of the vehicle which struck the three deceased police officers was born in 1999. And with his passenger, born in 2001 and seriously injured, they were unfavorably known to the police for consumption of alcohol, use of narcotics and outrages, had indicated a police source shortly after the accident.
What the public prosecutor came to confirm on Monday, specifying that the driver ” has already been convicted for common law offenses, but not for traffic offenses ».
Moreover, “ the first findings on the Alfa Romeo vehicle show that the speedometer was stuck just below 120 km/h “on a limited road” at 90 km/h “Said the public prosecutor, who clarified that the driver was not on the phone while driving at the time of the tragedy.
A confirmed frontal impact
The magistrate then stated that: the first elements of the investigation confirm the hypothesis of a frontal impact between the two vehicles. A hypothesis supported by several testimonies and by the analysis of video surveillance images of the city of Villeneuve-d’Ascq, where the accident took place around 7 a.m. Sunday, on the RD 700.
The Alfa Romeo « was engaged in the opposite direction “, added Carole Étienne, who also announces to have” ordered an expertise in accidentology in order to reproduce the circumstances of the impact.
Moreover, the public prosecutor shed light on the question of the driver of the police vehicle, ” to identify which of the two young men was driving in the police vehicle, knowing that the policewoman was in the back, next to the teenager ».
“The investigation continues” added Carole Étienne, stressing that it should in particular make it possible to determine which police officer was driving, “knowing that the policewoman was in the back, next to the teenager » that the crew accompanied to the medico-judicial unit of Lille within the framework of an investigation. ” The girl’s state of health still did not allow her to be heard “, specified Camille Étienne.
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