What precisely happened on bus line 42, which connects Boulogne (Hauts-de-Seine) to Saint-Lazare station, Friday evening, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower?
A machinist was taken into custody for hit-and-run after injuring a 48-year-old man.
The latter would have been rolled over, at arm level.
Emergency services were called for a man suffering from several open fractures, following an accident with a bus, Friday around 6:40 p.m., at the Montessuy stop, avenue de la Bourdonnais (Paris VII).
On site, an injured person, of no known fixed address, suffering from several open fractures in the arm.
When he was taken to the hospital, his life was not in danger.
After the incident, the bus left.
The alert was passed within the RATP, and the driver returned to the scene before being placed in police custody.
According to initial information, the victim wanted to get on the bus, lost his balance and fell along the sidewalk.
The doors would have closed on him.
The bus left, rolling over his shoulder and arm, continuing its service.
What exactly did the driver see?
The machinist, aged 49, is in police custody for hit-and-run, following a traffic accident.
Alcohol and drug tests were negative.
Internal investigation and assistance to the victim
The investigation must specify the circumstances of the accident and whether or not there is reason to extend the prosecution, to failure to assist a person in danger for example.
Viewing nearby cameras could be valuable.
Asked this Saturday, the Paris prosecutor's office has not responded at this stage.
The RATP has no further information on the circumstances of the accident and would like to express its “deep emotion”.
“The victim assistance and support unit was triggered to provide all its support to the victim,” the carrier told Le Parisien, which will also launch an internal investigation.
These facts come a week after the terrible accident on Boulevard Saint-Michel (Paris, 6th), which left a woman in a coma.
According to initial information, she was crossing the street when a line 27 bus hit her on Boulevard Saint-Michel.
The machinist, who tested negative for drugs and alcohol, spent the night in police custody for unintentional injuries and breaches of duty of care.
His police custody was lifted the next day.
The magistrate requested that the bus be sealed.
Investigations are continuing, entrusted to the Judicial Accident Processing Department.