A five-year-old child was taken to the CHU on Tuesday, September 3 after being knocked down in the town of Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp by a motorist “in a state of obvious intoxication,” according to the prosecution.
On the road to the canteen, in the town of Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp (Doubs), a five-year-old girl was seriously injured this Tuesday, September 3 by a motorist, who also hit several of her classmates. The 70-year-old driver, who was “in a state of obvious intoxication“at the time of the events, was taken into police custody for”unintentional injuries by a driver of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol“, specified the public prosecutor of Besançon, Étienne Manteaux.
The events occurred around midday, when the septuagenarian “lost control of his vehicle for an undetermined reason“, before “get on the sidewalk” and hit the group of children, according to the gendarmerie. The victims were part of a group of about twenty children aged three to six, who had left school shortly before. Those children who were not injured were to be taken care of by a National Education listening unit within the school group in the afternoon.
The little girl, “seriously injured“, as well as a four-year-old boy and their 58-year-old companion, who were more lightly injured, were taken to the Besançon University Hospital, the firefighters said. The Besançon prosecutor’s office had no details on their state of health on Tuesday afternoon. As for the driver, he was checked by the gendarmes of the Valdahon brigade community and the Pontarlier motorized brigade. After knocking down the victims, he is said to have “continued on his way for a few meters before being stopped by a witness“, according to The Republican East. He could not be questioned by investigators because of his massive alcohol consumption. His blood alcohol level was tested by a blood test, the results of which are expected on Wednesday. He was not known to the courts for traffic offences.
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