A young heavily alcoholic motorist fatally struck a nurse on September 19 while crossing a red light at 140 km / h in Besançon, the city prosecutor announced on Monday, September 27, two days after his police custody.
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The driver's seat was destroyed, which testifies to the violence of the shock, it had no chance of surviving,
" said prosecutor Étienne Manteaux at a press conference. The accident happened at 7.20 a.m. at the intersection of a boulevard. The 59-year-old nurse, who was commuting as part of her job, walked slowly when the traffic light in her lane turned green, but a car, with two occupants, hurled at very high speed. did not respect a red light on the perpendicular road and hit it head-on, killing it instantly.
The driver and his passenger, aged 24 and 25, were seriously injured.
The alleged driver, unknown to justice, was taken into custody as soon as he left hospital on Saturday, but his state of health has not yet allowed his hearing by the police.
Toxicological samples revealed that he had a rate of 1.35 grams of alcohol per liter of blood, well above the authorized limit of 0.5 grams and the speedometer of his vehicle displayed a speed of 140 km / h, noted the prosecutor.
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Between speed and alcohol, the departmental director of public security in Doubs, Yves Cellier, blasted "
an ideally fatal cocktail
".
