At the time of his accident, causing three serious injuries, Pierre Palmade was not driving at excessive speed, reveal the latest elements of the investigation.
By Nathan Joubioux for Le Point
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PSeveral months after the accident of Pierre Palmade, then under the influence of narcotics, new elements made it possible to advance the investigation. And the expertise carried out on what was left of the comedian’s car makes it possible to affirm that the speed is not the reason for this accident, learned BFMTV from a source close to the file. The experts did not find any mechanical problem either.
This means that it was neither because of the speed nor because of the state of the Peugeot 3008 that the accident, which caused three serious injuries (a 38-year-old man, his 6-year-old son and his step- 27-year-old sister, who lost the baby she was expecting after the collision), happened.
The track of the phone dismissed
How to explain that Pierre Palmade deviated from his trajectory when he hit the car coming in front? Still according to BFMTV, the track of the message, received at the time of the shock, as claimed by Sambou G., the passenger, has been dismissed. There would have been some time between the receipt of this SMS and the shock.
READ ALSOPierre Palmade accident: a relative recounts the hours before the tragedyThe 54-year-old actor was indicted for homicide and involuntary injuries by a driver who used narcotics in a state of legal recidivism. This criminal qualification could change if the fetus is born “alive and viable”, as some experts said. On the other hand, the criminal qualification of manslaughter cannot be retained if the fetus died in utero.