A judicial investigation for "
manslaughter against X
" was opened in early August after the death of four young people in a car accident in mid-April in Bayonne, the prosecution said on Saturday.
Four men aged 20 and 21 from Dordogne, occupants of the same car, were killed after leaving the road and hitting a tree on Saturday April 16 at dawn, during the weekend of the Fair with Bayonne ham, a large festive and popular gathering in the Basque city.
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Judicial information for manslaughter was opened after the discovery of traces on the car of the victims, which would imply the presence of a third vehicle at the origin of the exit from the road, indicated the parquet floor of Bayonne, confirming information from France Blue Basque Country.
In the spring, the first track of the investigators put forward the excessive speed and the positive blood alcohol level of the driver of the car of the victims.
"
Neither of these two hypotheses is completely excluded
," added the Bayonne prosecutor's office.