A 20-year-old man will be tried in immediate appearance Wednesday. He is suspected of hitting a child on a motorcycle in Beauvais (Oise) The mayor of the city had denounced a "wild rodeo" with "dramatic" consequences.

The child's father had held him down so that he could be arrested, the prosecutor said. The little boy was issued 30 days of ITT (total incapacity for work), "subject to subsequent complications," according to the prosecutor.