Who is this mysterious pedestrian found in a sad state on a lane of the A1 during the night from Saturday to Sunday?
“A very damaged body” was discovered there.
“Several vehicles must have hit him,” estimates a police officer.
The victim was picked up on the highway near the “Saint-Denis Centre” exit (Seine-Saint-Denis).
A motorist eventually stopped and reported the body to police.
It was around 4 a.m.
We only know that it is a man, but he was not identifiable as he was.
A jacket was picked up nearby.
It contained an identity document.
Despite everything, it will take expertise, or even a DNA sample, to put a name to this unknown person.
He is currently at the forensic institute for autopsy.
The motorway CRS, which intervened, indicates that it is not uncommon to find pedestrians crossing the motorway or getting lost there after a drunken evening.
On this road, reputed to be the busiest in Europe, these indiscretions are unforgivable.
200,000 vehicles circulate there every day.
“Every week, we pick up people on foot on the highway, day and night.
They either go home because they live nearby or they go to work and take the highway to take a shortcut.
Some, too, are alcoholics.
We also rescue elderly people who have become lost,” explains an official from this unit.
An investigation was launched to clarify the circumstances of this tragedy.