The town of Trappes (Yvelines) is in mourning. A new drama of the road was knotted there this Tuesday evening, with a driver positive for drugs. A female driver in this case. A 6-year-old girl died after being hit by a vehicle driven by a 21-year-old woman, report our colleagues from BFMTV. An information that Le Parisien was able to be confirmed in the evening by different sources.
The tragedy took place in the evening, around 20 p.m. According to the first elements of the investigation, the motorist would have hit the victim as he left a parking space and would not have seen him at the time of his maneuver.
Quickly alerted, the emergency services noted the death of the girl shortly after their arrival. The child was in cardiorespiratory arrest after the accident and Samu was unable to resuscitate her. According to our information, she died as a result of head trauma.
Taken into custody
The 21-year-old driver was arrested not far from the scene of the accident. She was taken into custody for manslaughter aggravated by drug use. During an initial screening, she reportedly tested positive for narcotics.
An investigation has been launched to determine the exact circumstances of the accident. The mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, calls for caution after this traffic tragedy that affects a family in his popular commune.
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This accident comes as a driver, positive for alcohol and cannabis, hit Sunday morning a police vehicle in Villeneuve-d'Ascq (North), making four victims including three police officers. In February, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, recalled that about 600 people die each year in drug-related road accidents.
