It was the passenger, aged 21, who died while the driver, aged 26, was hospitalized in a state of shock.
A man who was traveling on a dual carriageway near Dinan (Côtes-d'Armor) was killed in the night from Monday to Tuesday after his car was hit by a block of concrete thrown from a bridge, he said. -we learned from the police. “A motorist was killed around 11:30 p.m. in Quévert, while traveling on the RN 176 in the direction of Saint-Malo/Lamballe. He was hit by a concrete block thrown from a bridge”the gendarmerie told AFP on Tuesday morning.
According to the newspaper West Franceit was the passenger, aged 21, who died while the driver, aged 26, was hospitalized in a state of shock in Dinan. A second vehicle also received these projectiles, and a 52-year-old man was slightly injured and hospitalized, according to the Breton daily.
The victim was killed by “a single projectile of significant mass”
“Several projectile throws took place” before the tragedy and the victim was killed by “a single projectile of significant mass”confirmed to AFP the mayor of Quévert Philippe Landuré, a town near Dinan where the accident took place. The victim was from the surrounding area of Quévert, according to the mayor, who visited the site Monday evening. “We are witnessing an exceptional and dramatic event, I think a lot about the victim“, he added.
The perpetrators have not been identified, according to the gendarmes.
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