A scene “violent and shocking” occurred this Tuesday late afternoon, in the words of the mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Paris, Jeanne d’Hauteserre. Around 5:45 p.m., in front of 7 boulevard Malesherbes, in the busy Madeleine district, witnesses witnessed an argument between two men. Then, one of them, aged 52, hit and crushed the cyclist with his car 27 years old. Emergency services were unable to resuscitate him.
Investigation opened for murder
The driver, who was carrying his 17-year-old daughter in the car, was immediately arrested by the police. “The first witnesses to have perceived a voluntary attitude of the driver When the car moved towards the cyclist, a murder investigation was entrusted to the 1st judicial police district.specifies the Paris prosecutor’s office, which confirms a “dispute” between the two men. “What happened last night is horrifying”reacted on X the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of transport, David Belliard. “All my thoughts are with this cyclist and his family and loved ones. This young man is a new victim of this road violence.”
