Rapper Koba LaD, involved in a fatal accident in Créteil on Tuesday night, was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident, the Créteil prosecutor’s office said Thursday, September 12, in response to a request from Agence France-Press (AFP).
The artist, who was at the wheel during this accident in which one of his passengers died, was not ” Not yet “ taken into police custody on Thursday morning due to his hospitalization, according to this source. An investigation has been opened for involuntary manslaughter of the driver and involuntary injuries to the driver, the prosecutor’s office said.
The 24-year-old Essonne-based rapper was driving on Tuesday evening, a source close to the matter said, when his vehicle, a luxury sports sedan, arrived. “at full speed” on an exit ramp from a service station on the A86 motorway and collided with a parked heavy vehicle.
Sentenced in 2020
The front passenger, born in 1994, died, the prosecutor’s office confirmed on Thursday, adding that the rear passenger, born in 1999, was slightly injured. The driver of the heavy vehicle that was hit was also “slightly injured”the prosecutor’s office added. A source close to the case initially said he was not injured.
Koba LaD was sentenced in 2020 to three months of suspended imprisonment and 140 hours of community service for a car accident in Marseille. He fled after the incident, before turning himself in to police three days later. On this occasion, he also received a four-month license suspension during a pre-guilty appearance (“guilty plea” procedure).
The rapper with more than three million subscribers on Instagram made a name for himself in the rap world in 2018 with his first album VII.He released the song at the end of last week. 911 alongside rappers Ninho and Niska. His latest album, enemy brothersin collaboration with rapper Zola, was, according to several specialized media, one of the best album releases by the rap duo.
