The 67-year-old motorist shot in the neck after the shooting of a hunter, while traveling between Rennes and Nantes on Saturday, died of his injuries, the Rennes prosecutor's office announced on Thursday.
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The Rennes public prosecutor's office has just been notified of the death, found in the premises of the Rennes Hospital Center, of the driver of the vehicle reached on October 30, 2021, while he was traveling on the Rennes-Nantes four-lane, by a bullet from caliber 9.3 mm fired by a participant in a hunting action
, ”said the prosecution in a statement.
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The accident occurred on Saturday between Laillé and Orgères (Ille-et-Vilaine).
The indictment of the 67-year-old hunter, intervened Monday, was reclassified of the count of "
manslaughter during a hunting action by manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence,
" said the prosecution of Rennes.
The respondent was placed under judicial supervision with "
prohibition to carry a weapon (...), to participate in any hunting action (...), to communicate with any member of the Ille hunting federation - et-Vilaine
”as well as“
with any participant in the hunting action in question
”.