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He washed down his lunch with his colleagues with alcohol before hitting the road and consuming cocaine. The 35-year-old man, suspected of an accident during which a 12-year-old child died on Friday October 25 in Labastidette near Toulouse, was imprisoned on Sunday evening.
He did not escape incarceration, in accordance with the requisitions of the Toulouse Public Prosecutor's Office. The 35-year-old man, responsible for an accident which cost the life of a 12-year-old child, Friday, in Labastidette, in Muretain, in Haute-Garonne, was imprisoned by the judge of freedoms and detention Sunday evening.
The circumstances of the accident, for which he acknowledges responsibility, have become clearer since his placement in police custody on Friday evening, after a brief visit to hospital to receive treatment.
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That day, this machine driver and father, in the process of separating, had participated in a very drunken meal in Toulouse with his construction site colleagues. Aperitif, glasses of wine, digestive, he had drunk heavily before getting behind the wheel.
At least 100 km/h
And, while he was going to drive, he used cocaine, alone, in his van. On departmental road 23, route du Lherm, in Labastidette, while, according to our information, he was traveling at at least 100 km/h, he overtook the cart driven by a 17-year-old teenager who was transporting a 12-year-old child. . The cart went off the road.
The young boy died despite the efforts of firefighters and Samu 31 to bring him back to life. His brother, the driver, lost consciousness and was transported in absolute emergency to a Toulouse hospital. His days are no longer in danger.
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On Friday evening, in Labastidette, tensions arose as emergency services intervened. Relatives of the victims tried to attack the driver. The gendarmerie had intervened.
He does not deny
The 35-year-old driver is not unknown to the courts. He was already convicted earlier this year for unintentional injuries caused during an accident. And his criminal record shows at least one other conviction in the early 2010s.
Placed in police custody, he did not seek to minimize his responsibilities. Assisted by Me Jean Balbo during his indictment for “aggravated manslaughter and involuntary injuries” due to the consumption of alcohol and narcotics, he was the subject of a committal warrant by the judge of freedoms and of detention.
