Le Figaro Nantes
The body was lying on the public highway.
Saturday evening, shortly after 10 p.m., firefighters intervened on the island of Nantes after a motorist reported to them the presence of a man on the roadway at the intersection between rue Gaëtan-Rondeau and rue Célestin -Freinet.
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When they arrived on the scene, the emergency services were unable to resuscitate the person in his forties.
If the precise causes of his death have not yet been determined, it would
"following a probable impact with a vehicle that fled"
, indicates the departmental operational center for fire and rescue (Codis).
An autopsy is to be conducted in the coming days.
The police have opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.
Beyond the first findings and the testimonies collected, they are also trying to determine whether CCTV cameras were able to film the incident.
