A start of the tour under high tension. After suffering a road accident on the A11 this Sunday, May 8, the musicians accompanying the PNL group allegedly attacked a photographer who came to cover their vehicle’s exit from the road for Ouest-France.
Present at the scene of the accident two hours after the fact, the photographer paid by the local newspaper would have been undermined by the passengers of the bus. “I couldn’t do anything, the gendarmes were able to prevent it from degenerating but I thought they were going to beat me up,” explained the unfortunate man in the columns of the Ouest-France newspaper.
One of the individuals allegedly stole one of his cameras from his car, before forcing him to delete all the photos on his storage cards. Finally, the members of the group would have photographed him in order to impress him, according to the statements of the victim.
A photographer from @West France was attacked this morning by members of the group @PNLMusic as he photographed the group’s wrecked bus. The management of Ouest-France strongly condemns this aggression and this attack on the right to inform and has decided to file a complaint. pic.twitter.com/wFGaaoR5pS
— Arnaud Wajdzik (@awajdzik) May 8, 2022
Arnaud Wajdzik, editorial director of the newspaper, denounced on Twitter “this aggression and this attack on the right to inform”, before announcing his decision to file a complaint.
Three slightly injured in the accident
According to the first elements of the investigation, the accident took place at 8 am this Sunday on the A11 motorway, near Vair-sur-Loire (Loire-Atlantique). According to a source close to the investigation, the driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing the bus to leave the road and taking three of its occupants to the hospital for superficial injuries.
This incident did not prevent the members of the group from giving a concert this Sunday evening at the Zénith de Nantes as part of the PNL Tour 2022.