INFO BFMTV. The motorist is suspected of having run over a cyclist with his SUV in Paris on Tuesday October 15 after an altercation. He pleads the accident and his police custody is extended by 24 hours this Wednesday, October 16.
The police custody of the motorist questioned for murder, after the death of a 27-year-old cyclist in the capital, was extended by 24 hours by the Paris prosecutor’s office this Wednesday, October 16 in the evening.
According to our information, a single hearing took place this Wednesday by investigators, during which the suspect pleaded guilty to the fatal accident. Others must take place on Thursday October 17 before his probable appearance before an investigating judge.
The motorist “screams his innocence”
According to the first elements of the investigation, the cyclist was on Boulevard Malesherbes on a cycle path not separated from the rest of the road when the motorist cut him off and caused him to fall. According to testimonies, the 52-year-old motorist ran over the cyclist’s foot. The man on the two-wheeler got up and banged on the hood of the SUV to show his anger.
In police custody, the motorist “collapsed and screamed his innocence” on the intentional side, details his lawyer, contacted by BFMTV. “He was going to a medical appointment for his 16-year-old daughter, and stuck in traffic, he wanted to go faster by taking the cycle lane. The cyclist then hit the hood, then screamed saying that “He rolled over his foot. My client immediately took a step backwards,” explains the lawyer.
It was at that moment that he ran over him, almost instantly causing the death of the young man, aged 27. “My client, who was with his daughter on board, immediately got out of the car to help the cyclist when he realized what had just happened, and he tried to resuscitate him. He would never have intentionally driven over someone “one”, asserts forcefully the lawyer, who describes a technical-sales father, who does “nearly 150,000 km per year, but had almost all his license points”. According to a police source at BFMTV, 8 out of 12 points.
The motorist, who spent the night in police custody, will be questioned again on Thursday by investigators from the 1st judicial police district.
The Paris prosecutor’s office will then have to decide on the legal action to be taken in this case, probably with the opening of a judicial investigation and the presentation of the suspect to an investigating judge.
Alexandra Gonzalez with Alicia Foricher
