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Sarah Coulet
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Oct 16, 2024 at 11:04 a.m.
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A drama that takes another turn. Following the death of a 27-year-old cyclist, killed by a motorist on Tuesday October 15, 2024 in the 8th arrondissement of the capital, the Paris prosecutor’s office informed actu that one murder investigation had been opened.
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“A violent shock”
A decision taken by the judicial authority after hearing of witnesseswho perceived “a voluntary attitude of the driver during the movement of the car towards the cyclist”.
It was around 5:45 p.m., Tuesday October 15, 2024, when an altercation broke out on Boulevard Malesherbes between a cyclist who would have been 28 years old in November and the driver of a car, aged 52. The latter, who was traveling with his 7-year-old daughter, then allegedly hit the victim.
Despite rapid arrival of helpthe young man could not be resuscitated.
Joined by Paris newsthe district mayor (LR) Joan of Hauteserrewho went to the scene, deplored “a violent shock” for the two families.
The investigation was entrusted to 1er district de police judicial.
In 2023, 226 cyclists died on the roads of France, exceeding the threshold of 200 deaths for the third year in a row.
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