The president of the Vosges Departmental Council, François Vannson, arrested last Saturday for drunk driving, will be tried for “drunk driving” and “endangering the life of others“, announced Thursday the parquet floor of Épinal. Vannson will be judged “by the end of 2022“As part of an appearance on prior admission of guilt (CRPC, plead guilty), explained in a press release the public prosecutor of Épinal, Frédéric Nahon.
During his hearing, François Vannson acknowledged “offenses of driving under the influence of alcohol and endangering the life of others“said the magistrate. According to the prosecutor, François Vannson “had engaged in dangerous driving for other motorists by traveling at low speed and zigzagging on the lane“.
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A possible refusal to comply on the part of François Vannson, a time mentioned, was however excluded by the investigation, further indicated the magistrate, according to which the president (LR) of the Vosges community “stopped at the request of the gendarmes at the first useful exit, without trying to flee“.
According to the daily Morning Vosges, the gendarmes carried out a road check on Saturday on the RN57, near Épinal. Caught up by a patrol, François Vannson had been checked at that time with a blood alcohol level of 0.8 grams / liter of blood.
“I regret», he had declared to France Bleu Sud Lorraine, refuting any refusal to comply. “It’s a story of 200 or 300 meters. I parked in the first parking lot I saw“, he had declared to France 3 Grand Est.