The night turned into a tragedy for Koba Lad. On Tuesday, September 10, it was around 11 p.m. when the rapper collided with a parked truck on the A86. According to initial reports, a flat tire was the cause of this accident. The 24-year-old artist “went onto the road of a gas station (Total in Créteil, editor’s note) after one of the vehicle’s tires punctured, and hit the back of a truck.”
The prosecution says that “the front passenger of the vehicle died.” He was 29 years old. Slightly injured, the rapper who was indeed driving a sedan and his two rear passengers were taken to hospital. In order to “to determine precisely the circumstances of this accident”the Créteil public prosecutor’s office indicates “that various screenings (for alcohol and drugs, editor’s note) are underway.”
Koba LaD involved in many cases
For the time being, Marcel Junior Loutarila, his real name, has not yet been taken into custody due to his hospitalization. An investigation for involuntary manslaughter has been opened and entrusted to the motorway CRS. As a reminder, Koba LaD is no stranger to controversy. Originally from Saint-Denis, Koba LaD was already sentenced to three months in prison suspended and 140 hours of community service following a car accident in Marseille in 2020.
At the time, Wejdene’s boyfriend fled before reporting to the police three days later. Two years later, he was involved in a violent brawl outside a nightclub in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Placed in pretrial detention, he is due to appear in court at the end of the year for group violence. Tried as a repeat offender, he faces 20 years in prison. Last year, he was accused of kidnapping and assaulting his former manager Deuspi.
