The suspect was charged and placed in pre-trial detention on Tuesday. The victim’s body was dragged for about a hundred meters, according to our information.
Mowed down by a driver with a suspended license. A cyclist was killed on Sunday on the Avignon ring road in Vaucluse by a reckless driver who had rented a luxury Lamborghini vehicle, it has been learned The Figaro of police source on Tuesday, September 3. The suspect was charged with involuntary manslaughter and placed in pretrial detention on Tuesday, it was also learned The Figaro with the Avignon public prosecutor’s office.
The vehicle was speeding on Sunday on the RD907 in Avignon. According to our information, the body of the victim, aged 51, was dragged for about a hundred metres due to the violence of the impact. The Lamborghini had been rented earlier by the driver, whose licence had previously been suspended. The investigation will have to determine the reasons which led the vehicle rental company to give it to the suspect.
Already convicted twice
The 25-year-old man, who was accompanied by his 16-year-old half-sister at the time of the incident, initially fled before going to the police station in the afternoon.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the suspect is well known to the justice system. Already convicted twice for the use and sale of narcotics, the 25-year-old man is due to be tried in the coming weeks for similar offences. However, he tested negative for alcohol and narcotics at the time of his arrest.
This Tuesday, he was indicted and imprisoned. His half-sister was indicted for failure to assist a person in danger, but was released without judicial supervision.
