Seven high school students from Saint-Avold (Moselle) were slightly injured on Friday January 14, knocked down by a car whose driver clearly lost control, AFP learned from the firefighters and the Sarreguemines prosecutor's office.
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The facts occurred shortly after 12:00 p.m., Lieutenant-Colonel Michaël Schmitt, of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of Moselle, told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily Le Républicain Lorrain.
The high school students, five 17-year-old boys and two girls, all attending a nearby school, were hit by a car driven by a 19-year-old, the officer said.
"Loss of control"
Slightly injured, the high school students were hospitalized, according to the lieutenant-colonel, adding that the driver was "
shocked
".
High school students mainly suffer from "
bruises
", told AFP the public prosecutor of Sarreguemines, Olivier Glady, according to whom it is clearly an accident linked to a "
loss of control
".
According to the first testimonies, the driver was not driving at excessive speed, according to Olivier Glady.
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The driver, whose license and vehicle are "
in
order " and who has no criminal record, was placed in police custody for "
involuntary injuries by the driver of a vehicle
", added the magistrate.
The first readings did not reveal the presence of narcotics or alcohol in him.
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