Near Toulouse. The driver who hit and killed a 28-year-old cyclist was high on cocaine

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This is dramatic news that will only add to the mourning. The motorist who hit and killed a 28 year old cyclist, Friday November 1, 2024, late afternoon, at Flourens (Haute-Garonne), east of the Pink City, was located “under the effects of cocaine”, indicated this Sunday a source close to the matter to Toulouse News.

Tried Monday for “aggravated manslaughter”

According to our information, the motorist who was referred to the public prosecutor's office this Sunday, must be judged in immediate appearancethis Monday, for aggravated manslaughter. Until then, this man 39 ans was placed in pre-trial detentionaccording to this same source.

The cyclist killed in front of his partner’s eyes

At the end of Friday afternoon, while traveling on Chemin du Pastel, in Flourens, the cyclist had been hit from behind by this motorist. The victim was in cardio-respiratory arrest when emergency services arrived, who could do nothing to save him.

Aged only 28, the young man died under the eyes of his companion. Also on a bike, she was behind the motorist in question and witnessed the entire scene.

He said he was dazzled by the sun

Remaining on site while waiting for help, the driver was placed in police custody on Friday in the premises of the Balma brigade. Heard by the gendarmes, he explained not having seen the cyclist “because of the setting sun”, but the police had carried out, as is customary, the screening tests (alcohol and narcotics), as well as various expert assessments at the scene of the tragedy.

A child killed by another driver high on cocaine at the end of October

Remember that a few days ago, another case of the same type hit the headlines in Labastidesouth of Toulouse: driving according to the prosecution “well beyond the speed limit”, a driver of 35 ans was alcoholic, but also on cocaine when, on October 25, he collided with the car in which a 12 year old childwho did not survive the shock. The motorist has since been imprisoned.

A dark weekend on the roads

This All Saints' Day weekend was terrible in terms of road accidents in Haute-Garonne: one hour before the fatal accident in Flourens, Friday, it was a 58 year old biker who died in another accident, alone this time, near Seyre, in Lauragais. That same day, the rider of a scooter was the victim of a serious accident in Place Abbal: aged around forty, he is still between life and death this Sunday evening.

The weekend was just as hectic further north, in Tarn-et-Garonne. Friday evening in Grisolles, two brothers, quad pilots, collided with two cars in an accident: aged 37 and 39, their vital prognosis is in jeopardy. That of a 14-year-old teenager was also this Sunday after he was found unconscious in a ditch in Castelferrus the day before, following a bicycle accident, the circumstances of which are currently unknown. All three are hospitalized in Toulouse.

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