Hit by a vehicle on Monday evening in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, the victim was seriously injured but his life was no longer in danger this Tuesday.
Le Figaro Nice
A 33-year-old man was struck down by a car on Monday evening around 8:30 p.m. in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, near Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), while he was crossing a pedestrian crossing, firefighters and police reported. gendarmes. After violently hitting him, the driver fled before being arrested at his home, two hours later, in the neighboring town of Théoule-sur-Mer, the national gendarmerie said.
“Thanks to our video surveillance system and our automatic license plate reading cameras at city entrances and exits, the vehicle was identified and the suspect arrested”said Mayor Sébastien Leroy (Les Républicains) on his social networks.
Several fractures
The victim was seriously injured, said the firefighters, who paramedicized him on site, before transporting him to the Cannes hospital center. If his vital prognosis is no longer in jeopardy, the thirty-year-old is polytraumatized and suffers from several fractures, proof of the violence of the collision.
The suspect was taken into custody at 11:40 p.m. According to the first elements, it would be a retiree, unknown to the police services. Blood alcohol and drug tests were carried out but were negative. An investigation was opened by the Grasse public prosecutor's office, which will rely on video surveillance cameras positioned on this road.
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