The portion of the expressway of the RN20 towards Foix, where the collision took place, was temporarily closed to allow experts and judicial authorities to reconstruct. The driver of the car was indicted for “aggravated manslaughter, aggravated injury and driving without insurance” The driver admitted to having circumvented the special safety device which blocked access to national road 20 and “not having realized in time the presence of the black tarpaulin which covered the straw wall,” the Foix prosecutor said.