A car hit a peloton of young cyclists in Plouagat (Côtes-d'Armor) on Saturday afternoon, injuring eight people, two of them seriously, we learned from the gendarmes and firefighters.
Around 3:00 p.m., on a secondary road, "
a peloton of about fifteen cyclists was hit from behind by a vehicle, an Audi A5, causing six minor injuries and two more serious
ones", indicated to the AFP the gendarmes of Côtes-d'Armor, confirming information from local media.
Among the six slightly injured are four 13-year-olds, one 15-year-old and the 41-year-old guide.
The two seriously injured, who were hospitalized in Saint-Brieuc, are 13 and 20 years old, according to firefighters.
The author had fled and was found a few minutes after the incident, according to the gendarmes.
The suspect, a man, was arrested and taken into custody, according to the same source.
