The investigation was as quick and efficient as the attitude of the driver presumed responsible for this accident was cynical and revolting.
It only took sixteen hours for the police officers of the accident and traffic offenses brigade, the Secours police and the specialized field brigade to identify, locate and arrest, Thursday noon, the alleged perpetrator of a spectacular road accident. traffic that took place Wednesday evening in Combs-la-Ville.
That evening, around 8 p.m., two young boys, whose parents live in Héricy, take advantage of the coolness of the early evening with their grandmother, a 69-year-old resident of Combs-la-Ville.
All three cycle on avenue André-Malraux.
Suddenly, a gray Citroën, heading for the station, appears as the cyclists finish crossing the road to join the cycle path.
Driving too fast given the situation, the car crashes into all three of them.
The little boy, who celebrated his 5th birthday the same day, finds himself stuck under the car.
The driver gets out of the car, takes out his jack to lift the car and frees the child… before taking to their heels as soon as he realizes that the police are on the way.
Prosecuted for “involuntary injuries and hit and run”
As soon as help arrived on site, the three victims were taken care of by the firefighters.
The 5-year-old boy suffers from internal damage.
He is medicalized on the spot before being transported by road to the emergency room of the Necker hospital in Paris.
At this time, his vital prognosis is engaged but after a surgical operation carried out in the wake of his arrival at Necker, the doctors declared him out of danger.
When she was evacuated, also by road, to the emergency room of the Sud Ile-de-France Hospital Group (GHSIF) in Melun, the grandmother suffered from broken arms and trauma to the face and skull.
The emergency services fear a haemorrhage, its vital prognosis is also engaged.
More slightly injured, the other little boy has lesions on the skin caused by dermabrasions.
Meanwhile, police searches are underway.
They are based on the recordings of the video protection of the municipality of Combs-la-Ville.
A witness also communicated part of the license plate of the gray Citroën.
A 50-year-old man, staying in a hotel in Boussy-Saint-Antoine (Essonne), is identified as the driver of the car.
He was arrested Thursday at 12:45 p.m.
Investigators from the Melun-Val-de-Seine agglomeration district discover that his driving license has been canceled.
The 50-year-old was placed in
police custody for "involuntary injuries and hit and run".
