The emergency services initially favored the theory of a loss of control. On the night of Saturday November 30 to Sunday December 1, the Morbihan firefighters tried to come to the aid of a young 21-year-old motorcyclist, the victim of a serious road accident on the departmental 183 near Surzur, near Vannes. . The man unfortunately died. The police quickly understood that the motorcycle had not fallen on its own but that they were facing involuntary manslaughter.
According to the Vannes public prosecutor, a 27-year-old motorist is suspected of having hit the young moped rider before fleeing. The investigations carried out by the gendarmes are clear: the man was driving in a state of obvious intoxication. Seized of the investigation, the Vannes public prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation into involuntary manslaughter by the driver of a land motor vehicle.
The motorist involved had already been convicted “for acts of road traffic crime”, said the Vannes prosecutor, Maxime Antier. The man was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention. He faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.
