Who mowed down and killed the pedestrian who was crossing the A25 motorway on Sunday October 27 late in the afternoon? We know today that the 39-year-old wanted “take a shortcut” to return home by taking the motorway on foot at the A1/A25 junction but we do not know more about the identity of the ambulance driver who hit him and who fled in direction of the A25. The driver arrested Wednesday after an analysis of ambulance geolocation data was exonerated. Lille Prosecutor Carole Etienne confirms this this Wednesday.the investigations carried out made it possible to rule out the involvement of the person arrested in the fatal accident, the pedestrian who suddenly crossed the highway not having been struck by the ambulance vehicle“. Indeed, among the elements, the body of the van did not show any signs of impact.
“A priority” for the Lille Prosecutor
Investigations are therefore continuing, and the case is “a priority” for Carole Etienne. We must prevent the ambulance in question from being repaired quickly. According to our information, of the 3,000 ambulances in circulation in the North, at least ten were in the area on the Sunday of the accident.
The driver still summoned to court
If the driver in police custody has been exonerated, he will still appear in court on April 25, 2025. By questioning him, the CRS Autoroutière investigators realized that he had “an invalid license“and he was rolling”at excessive speed“initially at 120 km/h.
