In a press release published this Tuesday morning, the public prosecutor of Rouen, Sébastien Gallois, reports the serious accident which took place in the city center. “This morning around 9 a.m., a vehicle hit a person, then further on two others, in the streets of downtown Rouen, before continuing its journey out of Rouen,” he wrote.
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“One is slightly injured, another is seriously injured, but without a life-threatening prognosis, a third is in intensive care with a life-threatening prognosis,” he continued. “The driver, born in 1977, was arrested in Buchy (around thirty kilometers north of Rouen) by the gendarmerie, and placed in police custody.”
“Possible suicidal intentions”
Still according to the prosecution, “witnesses reported possible suicidal intentions”. On site, two bicycles were still on the ground after 11 a.m., while two investigators from the judicial police, responsible for the investigation, questioned the traders.
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At the same time, technical and scientific police officers were carrying out surveys on rue Alsace-Lorraine, in the city center of Rouen. This street is divided between a double, two-way bus lane and a one-way lane for cars and bicycles.
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The SDIS had confirmed earlier in the morning an intervention with six engines and 14 firefighters to help the victims after a call at 8:41 a.m. The Seine-Maritime prefecture specified that the driver, pursued by the gendarmerie, had been arrested at 10:15 a.m. The mayor (PS) of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol expressed “absolute terror” on the same social network and thanked the emergency services.
