The driver of the accident bus Sunday 1is December in Porté-Puymorens (Pyrénées-Orientales), whose toxicological test included traces of cocaine, was indicted and imprisoned, announced the Marseille prosecutor's office on Saturday December 7. Two people died and several others were injured.
The vehicle was, moreover, driving without compulsory technical inspection and its speed recorder was deactivated, specified the prosecution, whose collective accidents center, with interregional competence, is responsible for the investigation.
The accident occurred on a mountain road at an altitude of more than 1,600 meters. In addition to the Spanish driver, the coach carried forty-eight passengers, mainly Spaniards and Colombians residing in Spain, who were on a day trip between Barcelona and Pas de la Casa, a town in Andorra famous for its shops. zero-rated products. He was on his way home when the accident happened.
Two Colombians killed
“Of all the victims, thirty-two were recorded as having been hospitalized in Spain and nine in France. Among the people hospitalized in France, six are still there to this day”said the prosecution. The Colombian embassy in France identified the two people killed earlier this week as nationals of this country, living in Spain.
The investigation, entrusted to the gendarmerie, made it possible to establish “that the bus, usually used by the driver, had been kept in circulation despite the absence of compulsory technical inspection and that its tachograph, a device intended to record speed and driving times, was deactivated”according to the prosecutor’s press release. “Moreover, the toxicological analysis of blood samples taken from [le chauffeur] was found to be positive for benzoylecgonine (BZE), the main metabolite of cocaine, which allows us to presume the use of cocaine by the driver in a time close to the accident.continues the prosecution.
The driver, aged 50, was presented to an investigating judge and indicted for “involuntary homicide and involuntary injury (…) by a driver, aggravated by the deliberate violation of a particular obligation of prudence or safety and by the use of narcotics”, as well as for “endangering the lives of others”. He was placed in pre-trial detention.
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