“More people die on the roads of Vendée than elsewhere, because of people like M., who drives drunk”

Perched on his perch, Olivier Dubief did not go into detail. “Yes, more people die on the roads of Vendée than elsewhere. Because of people like M., who drives drunk. »

Taking advantage of the platform offered by yet another driver summoned to appear for drunk driving, Thursday January 23, 2025, the prosecutor took the opportunity to remind people “that road crime is a scourge in Vendée”.

The magistrate did not hold back his blows. “Drunk people don’t kill themselves while driving. No, they kill mothers on the road, on December 23, who are going to work. This is the sad reality of what we see at our court in La Roche-sur-Yon,” he asserted.

“He is far from being wrong, Mr. Prosecutor,” confided the defendant, sheepishly.

“60 km from where he had the party”

He was found at the wheel of his car, late in the afternoon, in the middle of the Bournezeau roundaboutApril 27, 2024. Positive for alcohol and cocaine.

“I have no idea what happened,” he defended himself. 50 year old driver, on permanent contract from an opening manufacturer. He only remembers going to visit friends.

Prosecutor Dubief refreshed his memory. Reminding him that the day before, as part of a double probationary stay for the same facts, he had gone to visit his addictologist.

“That after fulfilling his care obligations, M. thought it would be good to go have a drink with his friends. We found him the next day, on a roundabout, 60 km from where he had party. »

The public prosecutor requested eight months firmfitted out with a electronic bracelet. A sentence followed by the president who added two months as part of the lifting of the suspended sentence. Plus one driving ban for a year and installation of an immobilizer breathalyzer on his car.

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