A man is accused of causing the death of a two-year-old child in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) The man, tested negative for alcohol and narcotics, will be tried for acts of “involuntary manslaughter by a driver who does not hold a license” The victim is a boy, born in December 2021. He “was walking in a parking lot, a few meters behind his mother” when he “fell to the ground for an unknown reason” then was hit by “a vehicle advancing at very high speed.
slow pace,” explained prosecutor Philippe Astruc. The child, transported in absolute emergency to the university hospital, died after futile attempts at resuscitation. The driver's "alcohol and drug tests were negative", added the magistrate, specifying that the driver’s “alcohol and drugs tests were also negative” The defense has appealed this decision of the judge of freedoms and detention.