the emotion of the family of Paul, cyclist killed by a motorist in Paris

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“How are we going to live with this? How does life go on? » This Friday, October 18, 2024, three days after the death of Paul Varry, a cyclist killed by a motorist in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, his mother and his brother spoke on M6 to bear witness to “their immense pain” and how their life “tipped over” with this drama.

“He is in a state that cannot be described”

His brother, Antoine, explains that he learned the news “by telephone”. “It’s his friend who calls me, who tells me to sit down. I immediately understood that Paul had left“, he says.

What’s the worst thing for a mom or dad to lose their child? He had wonderful values ​​and his life ends there, it’s terrible.

Tuesday evening, while driving on Boulevard Malherbes, Paul had an altercation with a motorist who was driving on the cycle path, before the latter did the irreparable thing. “We can clearly see on his body the marks of the incredible violence (of the shock), it’s barbarism,” explains Nathalie Tison, his mother. “ He is in a state that cannot be described.. It’s barbarism. This person deliberately rushed towards him. We can’t say it’s an accident, it’s not possible,” adds his brother.

The driver indicted and imprisoned

A version corroborated by the first elements of the investigation. “The cyclist had dropped his bike and positioned himself at the front left of the car, showing his displeasure. The driver then turned his wheels towards the pedestrian and resumed driving forward in his direction. The autopsy confirmed the marks of the vehicle crossing the body. Video surveillance shows an elevation of the front, then the rear of the left side of the vehicle. », Specifies the prosecution.

A version denied by the driver who claims to have wanted to flee, because he was “terrorized” by the cyclist, relates The Parisian. He has since been indicted for murder and remanded in custody.

After having “lost” her son, Nathalie Tison intends to change into “flag bearer to continue everything he started”.

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