Seine-Saint-Denis: a driver mortally mows down a passerby after refusing to comply

Collateral victim of a driver with a well-stocked criminal record, a 70-year-old woman died Sunday, November 19 in Aubervilliers, hit head-on by the vehicle that this man was driving. Information communicated to

Wednesday by the Bobigny prosecutor's office.

" She was popular and appreciated, I can not believe it ": the amazement of friends of Camille, 18, indicted for murder Everything begins at the end of the morning, in Saint-Denis. A national police patrol spots a BMW passing a wave of vehicles

, details the parquet. The police immediately activate their sirens and chase the vehicle. Far from complying, it accelerates, and a chase begins. However, the BMW ended up hitting a median, which shattered one of the two front wheels.

Between Aubervilliers and Pantin, the arrival of drug addicts" adds misery to misery "Determined to continue his mad race, the driver engages on a sidewalk at the level of rue Saint-Denis, in Aubervilliers . It is there that he collides head-on with the first victim, who dies instantly. A stroller was also hit, but the child in it escaped unscathed.

Warned, help arrives quickly on the scene but they can only note the death of the septuagenarian.

The Accident Judicial Treatment Service (STJA) is then provided with support to manage the findings on the victim's body and on the material conditions of the accident.

The Technical and Scientific Police Service (SLPT) is also mobilized.

Recurrence and aggravating circumstances

Arrested, the driver is taken into custody immediately.

But his hearing did not begin immediately due to his obvious drunkenness.

The latter, aged 39, also refuses to undergo a blood alcohol screening test.

At the same time, the passenger of the vehicle is also placed in police custody for complicity in refusing to comply, before being finally exonerated.

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Once sober and ready to be heard, the driver is presented to a judicial police officer. He immediately recognizes the facts and explains "

", as reported by the Bobigny prosecutor's office. And for good reason, this man born in 1982 had just recovered his license after a suspension. In addition, his criminal record contains numerous entries for various offenses.

Brought on Monday evening and presented to an investigating judge on Tuesday, he was indicted and remanded in custody late in the evening.

He is being prosecuted for manslaughter with at least two aggravating circumstances (manifest drunkenness and refusal to submit to verifications intended to establish the existence of an alcoholic state) and refusal to comply with endangering recidivism.

For these facts, he faces 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.