The 52-year-old motorist, suspected of killing a 27-year-old cyclist on Tuesday in Paris, was charged with murder on Friday, October 18, it was learned the world from the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from the Agence France-Presse (AFP). He must appear before a liberty and detention judge, who will decide whether he is imprisoned or not.
“My client cannot explain what happened, which appears to be a maneuver error or a loss of control of the vehicle in the stress and anxiety of a conflictive situation from which he was trying to escape.”his lawyer, Franck Cohen, assured AFP. “We give him an image of a person without compassion, but that is not the case, he thinks much more about this young man, who is the age of his son, than about himself”continuous.
The accident sparked strong reactions among elected officials in the capital, where soft mobility, particularly cycling, has gained an increasingly prominent place in recent years.
Tribute act to the victim
The events took place on Tuesday at 5:45 p.m., on Malesherbes Boulevard, in the 8th district. According to “testimony collected at this stage” and the exploitation of video surveillance, “the driver of the vehicle was traveling 200 meters along the bike lane and had run over the foot of the cyclist who was on his left”The prosecutor’s office reported at the end of his custody.
Young Paul Varry “He had hit the hood to alert the driver, who initially backed away, freeing his foot.”continues the prosecutor. “The cyclist dropped his bicycle and stood at the front left of the car, showing his displeasure. The driver then turned the wheels toward the pedestrian and continued driving in his direction.he added.
“The autopsy confirmed the marks of the vehicle crossing the body” AND “Video surveillance shows an elevation of the front and then the rear of the left side of the vehicle”it became clear.
About 200 people gathered on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 16, in the Place de la Madeleine in Paris to pay tribute to the victim.
In 2023, 226 cyclists died on French roads, exceeding the 200 death threshold for the third consecutive year.
