A 16-year-old teenager who was riding a bicycle on the road died this Friday evening in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne).
He was hit by a vehicle that was traveling "at high speed" according to a source close to the investigation.
The victim died on the spot.
The facts took place around 10 p.m., in the Carrefour hypermarket sector, while the teenager, a resident of Cité Lamartine, was returning home with a take-out meal order.
The vehicle was driving “extremely fast”, deplores the mayor of Villejuif, Pierre Garzon (PCF), present on the spot.
The driver of the vehicle, whose state of health is unknown, was exfiltrated by the police as he faced a very angry crowd.
He was arrested and placed in police custody "for manslaughter", according to our information.
The forensic police on the scene
A hundred people were still gathered on the scene this Friday evening, some in tears, others with closed faces, surrounded by firefighters.
"Not him, it's too hard," said a young girl in tears when she heard the news.
The vehicle, an Audi RS3, whose engine was still running around 11:30 p.m., was examined by the scientific police while the victim's body was protected under a tarpaulin from the Paris fire brigade.
The National 7 was cut for a hundred meters in both directions and the circulation of line 9 of the tramway was interrupted.
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