a bike owner killed by a motorist after an altercation | EUROtoday
UA bike owner misplaced his life on Tuesday October 15, late within the afternoon, within the 8e district of Paris. According to the primary components of the investigation, the younger man, aged 27, was run over by a motorist following an altercation. A homicide investigation has been opened, in response to the Paris prosecutor’s workplace, consulted by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The occasions happened on the finish of the day, round 5:45 p.m., in the beginning of Boulevard de Malesherbes, close to Place de la Madeleine, within the middle of the capital. According to Actu17, which revealed the data, the driving force on the wheel of an SUV allegedly “cut off” the bike owner, who protested by hitting the hood of the car.
“The first witnesses having perceived a voluntary attitude of the driver during the movement of the car towards the cyclist, a murder investigation was entrusted to the 1er judicial police district,” mentioned the Paris prosecutor’s workplace, once more in response to AFP. The motorist, aged 52, was arrested straight on website and brought into police custody. His daughter, an adolescent born in 2007, was within the car.
“Unacceptable” for Anne Hidalgo
Interviewed by The Parisiana witness describes a horror scene. “It was a bloodbath. We did a cardiac massage to try to resuscitate him. The firefighters took over quickly, but they couldn’t do anything,” he describes.
Speaking to the Ile-de-France every day, Anne Hidalgo declared that it’s “unacceptable to die today in Paris, at the age of 27, while cycling”. “These acts must be severely condemned,” she added.
In 2023, 221 cyclists died on the roads of France, exceeding the edge of 200 deaths for the third 12 months in a row, in response to Road Safety figures.
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