The investigation into the fatal traffic accident, which cost the life of an 87-year-old cyclist in Laval on October 24, is progressing well. Investigators from the Laval police station are launching this Thursday a new call for witnesses to obtain new information. The last was successful in finding in particular the driver of a BMW.
Police seek to question the driver of a dump truck
Investigators are therefore looking the driver of a dump truck works, dark coloredwho was traveling on Boulevard de l’Industrie towards the Saint-Nicolas district. He is likely to have important information to communicate to investigators. The person is invited to report to the police station to testify.
The police rely on the testimony of the driver of a black Mercedes, SUV type, which was driving on Boulevard de l’Industrie and which was traveling behind this famous work dump truck. At the traffic light at the intersection with Avenue Chanzy, the scene of the accident, he noticed that the truck in front braked suddenly even though the light was green. This vehicle therefore potentially must have seen what happened at the time of the accident.
The overturned cyclist died of his injuries
An 87-year-old cyclist was knocked down last October 24 around 4:20 p.m., at the corner of Boulevard de l’Industrie and Avenue Chanzy, near the Intermarché in Laval. We learned on November 8 that the victim died following his injuries at Angers hospital. The investigation was therefore reclassified by the Laval prosecutor’s office as manslaughter. “No custody has yet been taken of the driver.”indicated to France Bleu Mayenne the public prosecutor of Laval, Anne-Lyse Jarthon, on November 8.
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