Everything seems to have gone very quickly.
While walking in the street, two sisters aged 41 and 49 were hit by a car on the night of Saturday to Sunday August 8, shortly after midnight, Boulevard Kennedy, in Béziers, we learned in the day from a source close to the case, confirming information from
Midi Libre
.
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Despite the rapid intervention of the emergency services, the two victims could not be saved. The perpetrator was arrested and taken into custody. Highly alcoholic at the time of the facts, this 31-year-old man was placed in a sobering-up cell before being auditioned on Sunday morning. An investigation was opened by the prosecution and entrusted to the Béziers police station.
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This drama plunges Béziers into infinite sadness, especially since one of the victims worked for the CCAS, where she was particularly appreciated
", moved the town hall of Béziers in a message posted on social networks. The city also clarified that the two women were each mother of three children. "
This morning six children are orphans of their mother,
" she wrote. The aedile Robert Ménard and his wife also joined
"in the grief of the families and offer them their condolences".