According to witnesses who were present at the scene of the accident, two passengers who were in the vehicle fled.
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I’investigation into Pierre Palmade’s accident is progressing. The spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Camille Chaize, called on Monday February 13 the two people who were in Pierre Palmade’s car when it collided with another vehicle to “surrender” to “explain the facts “.
The accident took place on Friday around 7 p.m., on the D372 at Villiers-en-Bière, in the south of Seine-et-Marne, causing, in addition to the star comedian, three serious injuries, including a child and a pregnant woman who lost her baby. Pierre Palmade tested positive for cocaine and, according to a police source, witnesses reported that two passengers, aged around 20, who were in his vehicle had fled after the collision.
“I call on them to go to any police station or gendarmerie brigade to explain the facts. This is important in the context of the judicial investigation, ”said Camille Chaize on France Info. “Anything that will allow investigators to gather elements is important. We miss these two people. We have to be able to hear them to really reconstruct the facts, ”continued Camille Chaize.
An investigation was opened in Melun for homicide and involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, by driver under the influence of narcotics. While he was seriously injured in the accident, the days of the 54-year-old actor and director are no longer in danger.
His home searched on Sunday
Sunday, the home of Pierre Palmade in Cély-en-Bière, in Seine-et-Marne, was searched. Started in the morning, the search ended in the afternoon, according to the same source, confirming information from the Parisian. Twenty police and gendarmes were mobilized.
Melun public prosecutor Jean-Michel Bourles said the comedian had tested positive for cocaine. “Toxicological analyzes revealed that Pierre Palmade was driving under the influence of narcotics [cocaïne] “, he wrote in a press release. According to the first elements of the investigation cited by the prosecutor, the vehicle driven by Pierre Palmade collided with the vehicle traveling in front.
Companion of the night and his excesses, Pierre Palmade was sentenced in 1995 for cocaine consumption. In 2019, he was taken into custody for “use and acquisition of narcotics” after being falsely accused of rape.