A man claiming to be one of the passengers in Pierre Palmade’s car when it collided with another vehicle on Friday has been taken into police custody in the Somme, we learned on Tuesday from sources close to the investigation. confirming information from BFMTV. This 47-year-old man was taken into custody by the gendarmes in Montdidier, said one of these sources. He was “alcoholic” and his statements remain “to be confirmed”, added this source.
The arrested man called the police
According to another source, it was the man himself who called the gendarmerie on the night of Monday to Tuesday, saying he was present in the vehicle during the accident. A gendarmerie patrol then came to arrest him on the public road where he was.
Pierre Palmade’s accident took place on Friday around 7:00 p.m. on the D372 at Villiers-en-Bière, in the south of Seine-et-Marne. In addition to the star comedian, seriously affected, he caused three serious injuries, including a 6-year-old child and a 27-year-old pregnant woman who lost her baby. The days of the 54-year-old comedian and director are no longer in danger.
Examinations revealed that Pierre Palmade was driving under the influence of cocaine, said the public prosecutor of Melun, Jean-Michel Bourlès. According to a police source, witnesses reported that two passengers who were in his vehicle had fled after the collision. According to these witnesses, the two passengers were in their twenties.
Pierre Palmade sentenced in 1995 for cocaine use
On Monday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Camille Chaize, had asked them on the media to “go” to “explain the facts”. 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. 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.