The drama unfolded in the middle of the night. While a good number of Parisians were celebrating the arrival of this new year, a little before 3 a.m., on Boulevard Diderot, in the 12th arrondissement, a terrible accident occurred. A woman was crossing the road, outside a protected crossing, when a car arrived. At the wheel of the vehicle, the driver did not see her, and then hit her head-on before literally running over her, a police source told Le Parisien.
The firefighters and Samu were immediately alerted. The emergency services thus took charge of the victim and transported him to a hospital “with a vital prognosis”, specifies another police source. The day after the accident, we do not know the evolution of the victim's state of health.
On the investigation side, on the other hand, “the driver of the vehicle, whose alcohol test was positive, was arrested. » For the moment, we do not know his blood alcohol level and the exact circumstances of the collision. The accident legal processing service has been contacted and will be responsible for further investigations.
Drunk driving is a real scourge on the streets of Paris. According to figures from the Paris police headquarters, in 2023, of the 25,371 alcohol screenings carried out (+ 8% compared to 2022), 5,868 were in violation of driving under the influence of alcohol. That’s nearly one in four drivers checked.
