By Maxime Nuts
Published on 26 Jan 21 at 20:21
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A 34-year-old driver wreaked havoc between Fronton and Cépet, at north of Toulouse, Thursday, January 21, 2021.
That day, a motorist killed a cyclist, and ran over two others, in a village north of Toulouse.
At the wheel of his car, and for unexplained reasons, she chased three cyclists within 15 minutes. Two of them were seriously injured. The first to be hit died a few minutes after the accident.
The victim, a 64-year-old man
Shortly before twelve o’clock, a jogger reported the body of a cyclist in a ditch, located halfway between the place of percussion of the second cyclist and the place of the call.
The deceased was a 64 year old man. His death was pronounced at 1 p.m. and his bike was broken in two.
The gendarmes shoot him to stop him
The gendarmes ended up position a vehicle on her road, she tried to hit them and hit this car. She ends up being arrested after a shot made by the service weapon of a gendarme, which hit her windshield without injuring her. It was a gendarme from Saint-Cyr, who was there as a backup, who was able to challenge the driver.
The female driver interned in Marchant
The investigation which was immediately launched led to the arrest, and the taking into custody of the driver.
A warning which could not prosper, the driver being in a state of total prostration. “She was not able to have an audition at the time. She was automatically hospitalized at Marchant Hospital in Toulouse (specialized in psychiatry, ndlr), where she is still, ”indicates Dominique Alzeari, public prosecutor of Toulouse.
Originally from Tarn-et-Garonne, she is psychologically fragile
The prosecutor specifies that the driver is “a person of great psychological fragility, with psychiatric history. She who lives with her parents in Tarn-et-Garonne, and yet has a job in logistics ”.
She should be pursued by justice
Despite her psychological profile, Dominique Alzeari explains that he wants her to be pursued by justice :
Investigations continued. Beyond the procedures that have been carried out with the families of the victims, our objective is obviously to bring this driver before a judge. We are rapidly considering opening a judicial investigation, depending on the possibilities, with or without police custody, with referral to the investigating judge.
The offenses targeted are: voluntary homicide, attempted murder, refusal to comply, endangering others. “It is an extraordinary case, and we do not intend to stop there” repeats the prosecutor.
Voluntary percussions according to the survey
If the charge of intentional homicide is accepted, it is because the gendarmes on the spot, as well as the witnesses questioned, are categorical, according to the public prosecutor:
« The gendarmes were able to observe themselves, as the witnesses of this horrible scene, that she voluntarily pursued the cyclists. At present, she could not be heard to explain her gesture ”.
This person had already undergone a procedure in 2017, for “destruction by dangerous means”, which was classified because of his mental disorders.
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