Taking all the risks to escape the police, a motorist ran a red light and violently hit a tow truck.
The Orleans prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation for “intentional homicide” – among other things -, following the death of a man in a car accident on May 7, after a refusal to comply in the streets of the Johannique city, we learn this Wednesday by way of press release.
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On the night of Friday to Saturday, May 7, a vehicle traveling at excessive speed did not deign to stop despite the summons of agents from the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of Loiret public security. Taking all the risks to escape the police, the driver of this vehicle ran a red light and violently hit a tow truck.
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The first checks quickly indicated that this man did not hold a driving license. In the accident, one of the passengers died, while the driver and a second passenger, seriously injured, were rushed to hospital. They were still hospitalized on Wednesday, indicates the prosecution, which specifies that“a 60-day incapacity for work has been fixed at this stage”.
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In addition, by an introductory indictment of May 13, the prosecutor of the Republic of Orleans, Emmanuelle Bockenek-Puren, opened a judicial investigation into the counts of “intentional homicide by the manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of prudence or security”, of “unintentional injuries” aggravated by the same circumstances, of “refusal to comply aggravated by the endangerment of others to the detriment of an official or agent responsible for noting the offenses and provided with the external and visible insignia of its quality’ and ‘putting into circulation of a land motor vehicle without insurance’.
Manslaughter committed by a driver is punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. If there are several aggravating circumstances, as is the case here, the penalty can be up to ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.